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A-roll

A-roll is the alternative form of A roll.

Meaning of A roll

Noun

A roll (usually uncountable, plural A rolls)

  1. (usually) The primary footage for non-narrative or interview-based film, usually involving talking heads or footage that directly relates to the moment.

Forms of A-roll

pluralA-rolls

Questions about A-roll

What is A-roll the alternative form of?
A-roll is the alternative form of A roll.

Words near A-roll in the dictionary

  1. A-rations
  2. A-RNA
  3. A-road
  4. A-roads
  5. A-Rod
  6. A-roll
  7. A-rolls
  8. a-row
  9. a-Santa-ist
  10. a-schwa
  11. a-schwas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: A-roll (page history and authors); A roll (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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