summer roll

[ suhm-er rohl ]

/ ˈsʌm ər ˌroʊl /

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noun

(in Southeast Asian cuisine) a spring roll with a casing of rice paper, served fresh rather than deep-fried: Vietnamese summer rolls with peanut sauce.

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Origin of summer roll

First recorded in 2000–05

Words nearby summer roll

summerize, summer kitchen, summerlike, summerly, summer pudding, summer roll, summersault, summer sausage, summer school, summer solstice, summer sores

How to use summer roll in a sentence

I actually downloaded the app last summer and was embarrassed because none of my friends seemed to use it.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Pitchfork called him a “a rap-obsessed misfit from a summer camp who freestyles poorly” who is “ridiculous without knowing it.”
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Last summer, I spoke with first black supermodel Beverly Johnson about this for The Root.
One Vogue Cover Doesn’t Solve Fashion’s Big Race Problem|Danielle Belton|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I think 2014 was my big rock and roll year, and 2015 is gonna be a really good year to hang around the house.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Last summer, Louisiana also banned non-legal adoption, with offenders facing a penalty of $5,000 and up to five years in prison.
Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking|Tina Traster|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
And this summer it seemed to her that she never would be able to take proper care of her nestful of children.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
The year before they had spent part of the summer with their grandmother Pontellier in Iberville.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Of course, most specimens are probably taken up in the summer when the handsome foliage attracts the eye.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
If those jaspers flash any part of the roll in the Territory before snowfall, I'll get them.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair