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handscroll

handscroll noun: a traditional Asian scroll that unfolds horizontally so that the reader can view one section at a time while holding it in the hands.

Noun

handscroll (plural handscrolls)

  1. A traditional Asian scroll that unfolds horizontally so that the reader can view one section at a time while holding it in the hands.
    • He is depicted by the painter Qian Xuan, another connoisseur of reclusion, in a 13th-century handscroll at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.2008 March 14, Holland Cotter, “The Art Is in the Detail”, in New York Times

Forms of handscroll

pluralhandscrolls
alternative formhand scroll

Origin of handscroll

From hand + scroll.

Questions about handscroll

What does handscroll mean?
Handscroll means a traditional Asian scroll that unfolds horizontally so that the reader can view one section at a time while holding it in the hands.
What part of speech is handscroll?
Handscroll is a noun.
What is the plural of handscroll?
The plural of handscroll is handscrolls.

Words near handscroll in the dictionary

  1. Handscomb
  2. Handscombs
  3. handscreened
  4. handscrew
  5. handscrews
  6. handscroll
  7. handscrolls
  8. handscrub
  9. handscrubs
  10. handsearch
  11. handsearched

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