spring roll
English
Spring rolls
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 春捲／春卷 (chūnjuǎn, literally “vernal/spring-time spool”), equivalent to spring + roll.
Noun
spring roll (plural spring rolls)
- A type of savoury food consisting of shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake made from rice flour and then fried.
- (US) An egg roll.
- summer roll
Derived terms
- spring roll wrapper
- Vietnamese spring roll
Translations
shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
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egg roll — see egg roll
summer roll — see summer roll
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