caster: Meaning and Definition of

cast•er

1. a person or thing that casts.
2. a small wheel on a swivel, set under a piece of furniture, a machine, etc., to facilitate moving it.
3. a bottle or cruet for holding a condiment.
4. a stand containing a set of such bottles.
5. a metal container for sugar, pepper, etc., having a perforated top to permit sprinkling; dredger; muffineer.
6. the angle that the kingpin makes with the vertical. Automobiles are usually designed with the upper end of the kingpin inclined rearwardfor improved directional stability.

1. (of a wheel) to swivel freely in a horizontal plane.