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