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morning roll

morning roll noun: a type of white bread roll popular as part of breakfast.

Noun

morning roll (plural morning rolls)

  1. (Scotland) A type of white bread roll popular as part of breakfast.
    • I can't go out to buy morning rolls, those delicious regional specialities, without somebody who remembers the old lady grappling with me on the pavement and stressing the resemblance.1976, Angela Carter, “My Father's House”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 23

Forms of morning roll

pluralmorning rolls

Origin of morning roll

So called because baked freshly each morning. Compare morning goods.

Questions about morning roll

What does morning roll mean?
Morning roll means a type of white bread roll popular as part of breakfast.
What part of speech is morning roll?
Morning roll is a noun.
What is the plural of morning roll?
The plural of morning roll is morning rolls.

Words near morning roll in the dictionary

  1. morning prayer
  2. morning prayers
  3. morning report
  4. morning reports
  5. morning rite
  6. morning roll
  7. morning rolls
  8. morning room
  9. morning rooms
  10. morning show
  11. morning sickness

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