spring roll
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(in Asian cuisine) a cylindrical casing of rice paper, or sometimes wheat-and-egg dough, filled with a shredded mixture of vegetables and often meat or seafood, served fresh or deep-fried.
noun
Etymology
Origin of spring roll
First recorded in 1925–30; translation of Chinese chūn-juǎn; so named because vegetable snacks are associated with the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), the beginning of spring in the Chinese lunar calendar
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At Wing, he serves sea cucumber inside a crispy spring roll, dramatically sliced tableside with a Chinese cleaver.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
We love Dave’s Gourmet Korean Food and we always get his spring roll that has tempeh inside of it and a delicious sauce you can dip it in.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023
Smoked shredded pork is wrapped with cellophane noodles, cabbage, onions, carrots, and scallions to create a crispy spring roll that will only be enhanced by the presence of a sweet and sour sauce.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2022
Others, like USA Rugby player Ilona Maher, shared her favorite dining hall foods, noshing on deep-fried camembert cheese, a spring roll and ramen, she posted on TikTok.
From Fox News • Jul. 28, 2021
Mom dribbled sauce onto her spring roll and tore into it with such aggression that I jumped in my seat.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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