plural scrolls
1
: a long piece of paper that rolls around one or two cylinders and that usually has something written or drawn on it
the Dead Sea Scrolls
He read from the scroll.
2
: a decoration that looks like the curled ends of a scroll
a scarf with lovely green scrolls on it
scrolls; scrolled; scrolling
computers
: to move text or images of a Web page, document, etc., up, down, or to the side on a computer screen so that you can see all of it
scroll through an e-mail
She scrolled (down) to the bottom of the screen.
You have to scroll the screen to see the bottom of the Web page.
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“Scroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/scroll. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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