verb / noun
scroll
SKROHL/skrˈoʊl/
A roll of writing material.
The parchment scroll lies partly unrolled.
Etymology
A strip or roll of parchment became the scroll used for writing. The screen sense extends this physical writing surface to displayed material shown a few lines at a time.
In context
just one of those things that you have to remember to do hit close okay so now the text is looking good go back into tools go into scripts and scroll down and designate the text source
More examples
- The ancient scroll contains a collection of prayers.
- Scribes copied the laws onto parchment scrolls.
- She rolls her handwritten poem into a scroll.
Forms
scroll · scrolls
Similar words
- roll
- Describes rolled material generally, not necessarily material used for writing.