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garden roller

garden roller

4.2
A heavy round tool you roll to press and level a lawn
  • noun
translation icon : rodillo de jardín
  • Rolling the turf with a garden roller helps to promote better grass growth.

Examples

  • After seeding the new lawn, he used a garden roller to press the soil evenly.

  • The maintenance team borrowed a garden roller from the neighboring park for the weekend project.

  • The garden roller is essential for lawn care.

  • I bought a new garden roller last weekend.

  • After seeding the new lawn, he used a garden roller to press the soil evenly.

  • Rolling the turf with a garden roller helps to promote better grass growth.

  • The maintenance team borrowed a garden roller from the neighboring park for the weekend project.

Synonyms

roller
vsgarden roller
20 2.0

A cylinder used to roll over things to flatten or shape them

is heavier and made for flattening and leveling outdoor grass surfaces
garden tool
vsgarden roller
2 1.0

A tool used to work in a garden, like a spade or rake

is a specific heavy cylinder focused on flattening grass rather than general yard tasks
lawn tool
vsgarden roller
1.7

A tool for keeping a lawn tidy, like a mower or rake

is specifically a heavy cylinder for flattening and leveling grass surfaces

Surface Forms

garden roller singular
garden rollers plural

Morphology

garden + roller

The meaning is directly compositional: 'garden' specifies the domain/location and 'roller' names the cylinder tool, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer a roller used for gardens/lawns. This is a common noun-compound pattern in English (and parallels in many languages), making the expression transparent and immediately interpretable from its parts.

Etymology

Garden roller comes from a simple image: a heavy round roller pushed across a garden, its weight pressing seeds and soil flat as it rolls. So the name now means a tool used to 'flatten' or 'level' a lawn.