- (also bread roll)[countable] a small loaf of bread for one person
- Soup and a roll: £3.50
- a chicken/cheese, etc. roll (= filled with chicken/cheese, etc.)
- a hot bacon roll
- Bake the rolls for 18–20 minutes.
Homophones role | rollrole rollsee also egg roll, jelly roll, sausage roll, spring roll, Swiss rollTopics Foodb1/rəʊl//rəʊl/- role noun
- She's playing the role of Elizabeth Bennet.
- roll noun
- The soup is served with a freshly baked roll.
- roll verb
- Everyone must roll the dice, and the player with the highest number starts.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bread
- crusty
- soft
- …
- [countable, uncountable] a long piece of paper, cloth, etc. that has been wrapped around itself or a tube several times so that it forms the shape of a tube
- roll of something a roll of fabric/wrapping paper
- (British English) There's a roll of kitchen paper next to the sink.
- in a roll Wallpaper is sold in rolls.
- I wiped up the milk with a piece of kitchen roll.
Extra Examples- There were several rolls of carpet stacked at the back of the shop.
- I buy the paper in a roll and cut it myself.
- [countable] roll (of something) (North American English) a paper tube wrapped around sweets, etc.
- a roll of mints
- Take five bucks, go to the bank and get a roll of dimes.
- [singular] an act of rolling the body over and over
- The kittens were enjoying a roll in the sunshine.
- [countable] a physical exercise in which you roll your body on the ground, moving your back and legs over your head
- a forward/backward roll
- He did a forward roll to celebrate his goal.
- [uncountable] the act of moving from side to side so that one side is higher than the other compare pitch
- [countable] an area of loose fat on a person's or animal's body, especially around the middle part
- Rolls of fat hung over his belt.
- [countable] an official list of names
- the electoral roll (= a list of all the people who can vote in an election)
- The chairman called/took the roll (= called out the names on a list to check that everyone was present).
Extra Examples- Eligible voters had been removed from the voting rolls.
- He should be struck off the roll of solicitors.
- Falling rolls could lead to smaller class sizes.
- The local authority has 50 000 pupils on roll.
- There are 340 children on the school roll.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blog
- honour/honor
- jobless
- …
- remove somebody from
- call
- take
- …
- call
- on (the) roll
- a roll of honour
- [countable] roll (of something) a deep continuous sound
- the distant roll of thunder
- [countable] an act of rolling a dice
- The order of play is decided by the roll of a dice.
- (also trill)[countable] (phonetics) a sound, usually a /r/, produced by making the tongue vibrate against a part of the mouth
bread
of paper/cloth, etc.
of sweets/candy
of body
of ship/plane
of fat
list of names
sound
of dice
phonetics
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French rolle (noun), roller (verb), from Latin rotulus ‘a roll’, variant of rotula ‘little wheel’, diminutive of rota.
Idioms
See roll in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee roll in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe on a roll
- (informal) to be experiencing a period of success at what you are doing
- Don't stop me now—I'm on a roll!
a roll in the hay
- (informal) an act of having sex with somebody
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