scroll

Speech parts

1. scroll - Noun

2. scroll - Verb

Meaning

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

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

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.

Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

roll coil record list gyre document register manuscript parchment curl ringlet whorl curlicue Scroll down scripture
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Antonyms

still remain stay straight delete erase
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Hypernyms

move manuscript holograph round shape

Hyponyms

corolla calyx Torah megillah verticil

Phrases with the word

Scroll down coffee scroll scroll sawing machine above the scroll below the scroll scroll up

Examples

There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes. William Hazlitt

To most Christians, the Bible is like a software license. Nobody actually reads it. They just scroll to the bottom and click 'I Agree'. Bill Maher

When one is writing a letter, he should think that the recipient will make it into a hanging scroll. Yamamoto Tsunetomo

I started collecting in the late 1990s. My first purchase was from an auction, a scroll by Dong Qichang, from the early 16th century, the late Ming Dynasty. Jerry Yang

I dare aver He is a brave discoverer Of climes his elders do not know. He has more learning than appears On the scroll of twice three thousand years. Edmund Clarence Stedman

Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all the characters of age. William Shakespeare

Close letter words and terms

Scroggs scroggy Scrogham scroll bar Scroll down scroll foot