caster

• castor

cast +‎ -er; the wheel sense comes from obsolete cast (“to turn”).

• Rhymes: -ɑːstə(r)

caster (plural casters)

1. Someone or something that casts

   a caster of spells; a caster of stones; a caster of bronze statuary

2. A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).

   Many office chairs roll on a set of casters.

3. A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.

   a set of casters

4. A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.

• spearcaster

• caster angle
• caster sugar

• Cartes, acters, carest, carets, cartes, caters, crates, creats, racest, reacts, recast, rescat, reäcts, traces