C2nounartshistory
US/skroʊl/
UK/skrəʊl/
a long roll of paper or silk with writing or a painting on it
More often (verb): to move text or pictures up or down on a screen
In context
The museum displays ancient scrolls of Chinese poetry and painting.
At Tet, people hang calligraphy scrolls with wishes for the new year.
The monk slowly unrolled the scroll to show us the map.
Words that go with scroll
adjective + noun
- ancient scrollScientists used X-rays to read an ancient scroll.
- hanging scrollA hanging scroll of bamboo and birds decorates the tea room.
noun + noun
- calligraphy scrollShe bought a calligraphy scroll at the temple fair.
- scroll paintingThe scroll painting is nearly ten meters long.
- silk scrollThe poem was written on a silk scroll.