summer roll

[ suhm-er rohl ]
/ ˈsʌm ər ˌroʊl /

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

summer flounder, summer games, summer grape, summer kitchen, summer pudding, summer roll, summer sausage, summer savory, summer school, summer solstice, summer sores
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