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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
roll-on
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
roll-on roll-off
▪ a roll-on roll-off car ferry
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Its collapse could have had serious roll-on effects on the finances of these airports, and the relevant local authorities stepped in.
▪ Once managers understood where costs truly lay, the innovations were obvious: the roll-on and roll-off ship and the container ship.
▪ They suggest avoiding the roll-on may resolve the problem and save thousands of needless biopsies each year.
Wiktionary
roll-on

a. (context of deodorant, etc. English) Applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir. n. 1 (context dated often in the plural English) A type of corset which is rolled on to the body. 2 A cosmetic product (especially a deodorant) applied by means of a ball at the head of a container, which rolls the product on to the skin etc.

WordNet
roll-on

  1. n. a dispenser of a liquid cosmetic (such as a deodorant) having a revolving ball as an applicator

  2. a woman's foundation garment rolled on to the hips

Usage examples of "roll-on".

Its capital, Tallinn, seemed to be the destination for an array of roll-on, roll-off ferries, high-speed catamarans, and hydrofoils.

The dressing-table was crowded with pint-size bottles of Lanvin, Millot and Givenchy, torn pieces of cotton wool, gold hair-brushes, cleansing cream, half a cup of cold coffee, witch hazel, skin food, hand lotion, roll-on deodorant, scissors, tweezers, six different nail polishes, seven bright bottles of eye make-up from green to mauve, a capsule containing silver paint and a large bowl full of beads and bracelets.