Scroll

Quick meaning: Scroll is a noun meaning A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.

Meaning

A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.

More Meanings

1. Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.
2. (geometry) A skew surface.
3. (cooking) A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape.
4. (computer graphics) The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.
5. (architecture) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
6. A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill.
7. (lutherie) The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head.

Example Sentences

She scrolled the offending image out of view.

I ordered a glass of lemonade and a coffee scroll.

She kept scrolling until she found the desired paragraph.

I gave the terms and conditions a quick scroll before signing up to the website.

Word Forms

• scrolls
• scrolling
• scrolled

Synonyms for scroll

Depending on context, synonyms include fiddlehead, coil, whorl, roll, gyre, curl.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coil, roll, whorl, curlicue, gyre, curl.

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