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scroll

Syllabification: (scroll)

Pronunciation: /skrōl/

Definition of scroll

1a roll of parchment or paper for writing or painting on.
an ancient book or document written on a scroll.
an ornamental design or carving resembling a partly unrolled scroll of parchment, e.g., on the capital of a column, or at the end of a stringed instrument.
Art & Heraldry a depiction of a narrow ribbon bearing a motto or inscription.

2 [usually as modifier] the facility that moves a display on a computer screen in order to view new material.

1 [no object] move displayed text or graphics in a particular direction on a computer screen in order to view different parts of them:she scrolled through her file
(of displayed text or graphics) move up, down, or across a computer screen.

2 [with object] cause to move like paper rolling or unrolling:the wind scrolled back the uppermost layer of loose dust

Derivatives

late Middle English: alteration of obsolete scrow 'roll', shortening of escrow

Definition of scroll in the British & World English dictionary

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