Meaning

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

    Schriftrolle, Rolle, Buchrolle

    сви́токsvítok

    суві́йsuvíj

  2. An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.

    Volute, Schnörkel, Spirale

    сви́токsvítok, волю́таvoljúta, завито́кzavitók

    за́витокzávytok, за́крутокzákrutok, за́круткаzákrutka

  3. Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.

  4. 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.

    Schnörkel, Kringel, Schwung

    завито́кzavitók, завиту́шкаzavitúška

  5. 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.

    Schnecke

  6. A skew surface.

  7. A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape.

    I ordered a glass of lemonade and a coffee scroll.

  8. The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.

  9. A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow.

  10. A turbinate bone.

  11. The act of scrolling.

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

  12. (obsolete)A rough draft of anything.

More definitions
  • a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
  • a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

Examples

49 sentences
  1. In my opinion, a well-designed website shouldn't require horizontal scrolling.

    deMeiner Meinung nach sollte eine gut aufgebaute Website kein horizontales Scrollen erfordern.

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  2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.

    Прокрути сторінку до самого низу.

    ruПрокрутите страницу вниз.

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  3. Sami started scrolling through the message.

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  4. Sami was scrolling through the message.

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  5. Ziri was scrolling through the posts.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
roll of paper or parchment:
ornament:
Русский
By meaning 3
roll of paper or parchment:
ornament:
mark or flourish:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
roll of paper or parchment:
ornament:
mark or flourish:
end of a musical instrument:

Origin

From Middle English scrowle, scrolle, from earlier scrowe, scrouwe (influenced by Middle E

From Middle English scrowle, scrolle, from earlier scrowe, scrouwe (influenced by Middle English rolle), from Old French escroe, escrowe, escrouwe (“scroll, strip of parchment”), from Frankish *skrōda (“a shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, from *skrew- (“to cut; cutting tool”), extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Doublet of shred and escrow.

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Forms

plural: scrolls
Singularscroll
Pluralscrolls

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scroll — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto