Sense: 1-3, 6 |Origin:||rolle 'rolled-up document', from Latin
rotula, from rota; ROTATE| a piece of paper, camera film, money
etc that has been rolled into the shape of a tube ➔ kitchen
roll, toilet roll I used up three rolls of film on holiday.
There's a new roll of silver foil in there. wallpaper costing £3
a roll 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) an official list of names [= register] list of names 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)➔ roll of honour, honor roll
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