Synonyms for scroll

Grammar : Noun

Spell : skrohl

Phonetic Transcription : skroʊl

Top 10 synonyms for scroll

Other synonyms for the word scroll

Définition of scroll

Origin : c.1400, "roll of parchment or paper," altered (by association with rolle "roll") from scrowe (c.1200), from Anglo-French escrowe, Old French escroe "scrap, roll of parchment," from Frankish *skroda "shred" or a similar Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *skrauth- (cf. Old English screada "piece cut off, cutting, scrap;" see shred (n.)). As an ornament on furniture or in architecture, from 1610s.

noun rolled sheet, especially a manuscript
noun roll of writing

Example sentences :

Sorcery reads backwards—and I saw him so read from that scroll of his.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

A good padre in France read to us from a scroll the whole truth of the matter.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

A crowd was gathered about him listening, while he read from a scroll in his hands.
Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall

Roll up the paste, with the fruit spread on it, into a scroll.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Flour it, roll it out thin again, and then roll it into a scroll.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

The Hebrew took up the scroll with imperturbable composure, "My child!"
Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Each end curved into a scroll like a landward wave of the sea.
Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen

Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will appear.
Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates

Thus he made up his mind to follow the unrolling of the scroll.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

And he read the portion of the scroll relating to the journey.
Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty

Words or expressions associated with your search

Most wanted synonyms

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019