roll

Topic: WATER

Sense: 1-3, 6

Date:	1100-1200
Language:	Old French
Origin:	rolle 'rolled-up document', from Latin rotula, from rota; ROTATE

Sense: 4-5, 7-10

Date:	1600-1700
Origin:	ROLL¹

roll
2 noun

roll2 [countable]

paper/film/money etc

CF a piece of paper, camera film, money etc that has been rolled into the shape of a tube

roll of

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I used up three rolls of film on holiday.

There's a new roll of silver foil in there.

wallpaper costing £3 a roll

➔ kitchen roll , toilet roll

bread

DF a small round loaf of bread for one person [↪ bun]:

hot soup served with crusty rolls

bread rolls with butter

ham/cheese etc roll British English (=one that is filled with ham, cheese etc)

list of names

an official list of names [= register]

on the roll British English

a school with 300 pupils on the roll

call/take the roll (=say the list of names to check who is there)

The teacher called the roll.

Three senators missed the roll call.

the electoral roll British English ; the (voter) rolls American English (=a list of the people who are allowed to vote)

welfare rolls American English (=a list of people without jobs who claim money from the state)

Thompson said he had cut welfare rolls by 39%.

➔ roll of honour , honor roll

be on a roll

informal to be having a lot of success with what you are trying to do:

Midvale High was on a roll, having won their last six basketball games.

game

DG the action of throwing dice as part of a game:

If you get a 7 or 11 on your first roll, you win.

skin/fat

a thick layer of skin or fat, usually just below your waist

roll of

the rolls of fat on her stomach

physical movement

a) DS British English a movement in which you roll forward or back in a controlled way with your body curled so that your head is near your feet, often done as part of a sport [= somersault]:

a forward roll

gymnasts doing rolls and handsprings

b) especially British English the action of turning your body over one or more times while lying down:

a young horse having a roll in the field

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drums/guns/thunder

a long low fairly loud sound made by drums etc:

There was a roll of thunder, and the rain started pelting down.

a drum roll

ship/plane

TTWTTA the movement of a ship or plane when it leans from side to side with the movement of the water or air

a roll in the hay

old-fashioned informal when you have sex with someone - used humorously

➔ rock 'n' roll , sausage roll , spring roll , Swiss roll

Definition of roll from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic WATER