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camera roll

American  
[kam-ruh rohl, kam-er-uh] / ˈkæm rə ˌroʊl, ˈkæm ər ə /

noun

  • camera rolls
    plural
  1. a folder on a smartphone containing all the photographs, screenshots, and videos taken on that device.

  2. a roll of film for use in a camera; film roll.


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For example, Tinder is planning to use AI to scan your entire camera roll.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

You can Marie Kondo your camera roll and shrink future file sizes to slow your data surge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

Unless you automatically backed up all your Instagram Stories to your phone’s camera roll, you were out of luck.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2024

The camera roll on his phone is brimming with videos and photos of his trips to Antarctica, where the glaciologist and climate scientist has spent days and weeks at a time collecting ice core samples.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024

Karl Schneider held up a photo of Amanda from his phone’s camera roll on Wednesday morning, from a trip they had taken together two years ago in Texas.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

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