Word Study
roller skate
CIDE DICTIONARY
roller skate,
- a shoe with a set of wheels attached so that the wearer can glide over a flat surface. To move on such a device is reverred to as to skate or to rollerskate. To rollerskate is a form of recreation or sport. [PJC]
- a metal frame of the size of a shoe, with a set of wheels attached, and with adjustable clamps and straps that permit a shoe to be reversibly fastened to the frame. It serves the same purpose as the roller skate having the shoe permanently attached, but is typically less expensive. [PJC]
THESAURUS
roller skate
coast, flit, flow, fly, glide, glissade, ice-skate, sail, sideslip, skate, skateboard, ski, skid, skim, sled, sleigh, slide, slip, slither, sweep, tobogganFor further exploring for "roller skate" in Webster Dictionary Online