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What is the noun for roll?

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roll
  1. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled.
  2. A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
  3. That which rolls; a roller.
    1. A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
    2. One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
    3. That which is rolled up.
    4. A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
    5. Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
    6. A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
    7. A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
  4. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
  5. (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
  6. (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
  7. A heavy, reverberatory sound.
  8. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
  9. (obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle.
  10. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
  11. The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
  12. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
  13. A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
  14. A training match for a fighting dog.
  15. Synonyms:
  16. Examples:
    1. “Can you knock all three pins down with one roll of the ball down the ramp?”
      “Simply attach black bin bags to the windows with your trusty roll of gaffer tape thereby preventing light leaking in.”
      “He wasn't a class officer or an honor roll geek, but he was certainly above average in just about everything he did.”
roller
  1. (heading) Anything that rolls.
    1. Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
    2. A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
    3. (cricket) A heavy rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch.
    4. A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
    5. An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
    6. One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
    7. A roller towel.
    8. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
    9. (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
    10. Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
    11. The cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
  2. A long wide bandage used in surgery.
  3. A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
  4. (heading) A bird.
    1. A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
    2. Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
  5. (Roller) A car made by Rolls-Royce.
  6. A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
  7. A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
  8. (TV, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
  9. (slang) A wheelchair user.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “The roller crashed against the rocky coast, its immense size and power mesmerizing the onlookers.”
      “Remember when roller coasters vied simply to be the tallest, fastest, and scariest, and a log flume ride was just a big splash?”
      “First, the roller coaster's wooden components have been treated with copper, chromium and arsenic, a carcinogen.”
rollway
  1. An inclined slope prepared for rolling logs into a stream or into a mill
  2. (rare) A series of cylindrical metal rolls placed between two rails and spaced apart, used to convey materials along a production line.
  3. Examples:
    1. “At the end of the rollway the log collided with other logs and stopped with the impact of one bowling ball against another.”
      “The men congratulated him on his victory over the other teamster, rollway Charley.”
rollerman
  1. A person employed in a roller mill to insert the hot metal into the rolls.
rollbag
  1. A cylindrical bag that can be rolled up to save space
rollie
  1. (slang, chiefly Britain) A cigarette rolled by hand.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “After a long day, I decided to relax on the porch with a rollie, enjoying the hand-rolled cigarette as I watched the sunset.”
      “A police search of his car had found a packet of rollie papers and a small plastic bag of crystal methylamphetamine.”
      “Jamie crouched to put on more logs, reaching his face toward the flame to reignite his rollie.”
rollability
  1. The quality of being rollable.
rolley
  1. (mining, historical) A horse-drawn wheeled vehicle used in a mine.
rolly
rolling
  1. The act by which something is rolled.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the bonds of the ocean, forever confined, will be the rolling of the waves.”
      “It may be permitted to sit upright, so secured as to prevent its being thrown from side to side by the rolling of the carriage.”
      “The rolling of the wheels on the rails is secured by the presence of wheel flanges.”
rollies
rollermen
  1. plural of rollerman
rollings
  1. plural of rolling
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.”
      “Enlisting the help of long-time friend and colleague, Mark Rollings, the duo created Paranormal Date, at www.”
      “For Saturday's trip to second-from-bottom Preston Grasshoppers, Kendal coach Neil Rollings switches Paul Dodds to full back, displacing Chris Park to the bench.”
rollways
  1. plural of rollway
  2. Examples:
    1. “The bateaux were set up and waiting at the head of the rollways.”
rollbags
  1. plural of rollbag
rollers
  1. plural of roller
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Now I have a dream that the primary school children of today might grow up in a nation that does not know wincers and eye rollers.”
      “One could observe where the power of the Southern Ocean sweeps its mighty rollers up to dash their force onto the land.”
      “It's always this image with a landlady and landlord, with rollers in their hair.”
rolleys
  1. plural of rolley
rolls
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