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a boot with a line of small wheels on the bottom —SYNONYM in-line skate ,

Look at roller skate .

Roll • er • blad • ing / ' roularbleidig / noun [noncount]

to go Rollerblading

roll • er coast • er / ' roular koustar / noun

[ count ]

a small train on a metal track that goes up and down and around bends, which people ride on for fun

roll • er skate / ' roular skeit / ( also skate ) noun [ count ]

a boot with small wheels on the bottom

Look at the picture at skate .

roll • er-skat • ing / ' roular |skeitig / ( also skat - ing ) noun [ noncount ]

When we were kids, we used to go roller-skating every weekend.

Ro • man / ' rouman / adjective ( HISTORY ) connected with ancient Rome the remains of a Roman villa

Ro • man noun [ count ]

Ro • man Cath • o • lic / ^man ' kreeiik /

noun [ count ] , adjective ( religion ) = Catholic

ro • mance / rou ' mrens ; ' roumrens / noun

[ noncount ] a time when two people are in love

The article suggests ways to put the romance back into your marriage.

[ count ] ( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) a story about love She writes romances.

Ro • man nu • mer • al / |rouman ' numaral /

noun [ count ]

one of the letters that were used in Roman times as numbers

The number 16 is XVI in Roman numerals.

ro .man .tic Ф / rou mrentik / adjective

about love; full of feelings of love a romantic dinner

roof Ф / ruf / noun [ count ] ( plural roofs )

the top of a building or car, which covers it

rook • ie / ruki / noun [ count ]

a person who has just started doing a job or playing a professional sport a rookie police officer

ГООт Ф / rum / noun

[ count ] one of the spaces in a building that has walls around it

How many rooms do you have in your house? a classroom

[ noncount ] space; enough space There's no room for you in the car.

room • mate / ' rummer / noun

[count]

a person that you share a room, an apartment, or a house with

Joey was my college roommate.

roost • er / ' rustar / noun [ count ]

an adult male chicken Word building A female chicken is called a hen , and a male chicken is called a rooster . A young chicken is a chick .

rOOt Ф / rut / noun [ count ] the part of a plant that is under the ground — Look at the picture at plant .

root beer / ' rut bir / noun [ count ]

a type of sweet, brown drink that has bubbles in it, but no alcohol

ГОре Ф / roup / noun

[count]

very thick, strong string

rose 1

form of rise 2

rose2/ rouz / noun [ count ]

a flower with a sweet smell. It grows on a bush that has sharp points (called thorns ) on it. —Look at the picture at flower .

ros • y / ' rouzi / adjective ( ros i - er , ros - i est )

pink and looking healthy rosy cheeks

rot / rat / verb ( rots , rot ting , rot ted )

to become bad and soft, as things do when they die the smell of rotting fruit

—SYNONYM decay

ro • tate / ' routeit / verb (ro - tates,ro - tat - ing ,ro - tat -ed )

to move in circles

The earth rotates around the sun.

► ro • ta • tion / rou 'teifn/ noun [ count, noncount ]

the rotation of the earth

rot • ten / ' ratn / adjective

old and not fresh; bad

These eggs are rotten — they smell awful!

( informal ) very bad; not nice That was a rotten thing to say!

rough О / rAf / adjective ( rough - e , rough - est )

PRONUNCIATION

The word rough sounds like stuff , because sometimes the letters -gh sound like f , in words like enough and tough .

not smooth or flat

It was difficult to walk on the rough ground.

not gentle or calm

a rough neighborhood (= where there is a lot of crime ) The ferry was canceled because the ocean was too rough.

not exactly correct; made or done quickly