spring roll

spring roll
noun
minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried
• Syn: ↑egg roll
• Regions:
• Hypernyms: ↑dish

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noun
: egg roll ; also : any of various similar appetizers of oriental cuisine

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Chinese Cookery.
an egg roll.
[1965-70; trans. of Chin chun-juan]

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spring roll noun
A deep-fried Chinese savoury pancake enclosing a mixture of vegetables, pork, prawns, etc
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Main Entry: ↑spring

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spring roll UK US noun [countable] [singular spring roll plural spring rolls]
a Chinese food consisting of a small roll of pastry filled with meat or fish and vegetables, cooked in hot oil and eaten hot or cold
Thesaurus: chinese and japanese foodhyponym

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n. an Asian snack consisting of rice paper filled with minced vegetables and usually meat, rolled into a cylinder and fried

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noun, pl ⋯ rolls [count]

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ˌspring ˈroll f8 [spring roll] (especially BrE) noun
a type of Chinese food consisting of a tube of thin ↑pastry, filled with vegetables and/or meat and fried until it is crisp
see also ↑egg roll

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • spring roll — noun count a Chinese food consisting of a small roll of PASTRY filled with meat or fish and vegetables, cooked in hot oil and eaten hot or cold …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • spring roll — spring′ roll n. coo an egg roll • Etymology: 1965–70; trans. of Chin chūn juǎn …   From formal English to slang

  • spring roll — n. a Chinese dish similar to an egg roll but having a thinner wrapper that develops a crisper texture when fried …   English World dictionary

  • spring roll — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms spring roll : singular spring roll plural spring rolls a Chinese food consisting of a small roll of pastry filled with meat or fish and vegetables, cooked in hot oil and eaten hot or cold …   English dictionary

  • spring roll — /sprɪŋ ˈroʊl/ (say spring rohl) noun a Chinese delicacy consisting of a savoury filling wrapped in a thin dough and deep fried. {literal translation of Mandarin chūn juăn, so called because traditionally eaten at the spring festival} …  

  • spring roll — noun Date: 1943 egg roll; also any of various similar appetizers especially in Asian cuisine …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • spring roll — Chinese Cookery. an egg roll. [1965 70; trans. of Chin chun juan] * * * …   Universalium

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