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Rolls Royce

Rolls Royce is the alternative form of Rolls-Royce.

Meaning of Rolls-Royce

Noun

Rolls-Royce (plural Rolls-Royces)

  1. A car made by this manufacturer.
    • ‘What is the most expensive car?’ she had once asked Stan. ‘A cad – Cadillac or a Rolls,’ Stan had said, and sometimes Raoul had a Cadillac, sometimes a Rolls-Royce.1968, Rumer Godden, “L’Élégance”, in Swans & Turtles: Stories, London; Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne, Vic.: Macmillan, →OCLC, page 159
    Synonyms:
    Rolls, Roller, R-R
  2. (UK, informal) Anything that is the best of its type; the best quality product possible.
    • the Rolls-Royce of chocolate

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Forms of Rolls Royce

pluralRolls Royces

Questions about Rolls Royce

What is Rolls Royce the alternative form of?
Rolls Royce is the alternative form of Rolls-Royce.

Words near Rolls Royce in the dictionary

  1. rolls one's r's
  2. rolls out
  3. rolls out the red carpet
  4. rolls over
  5. rolls over in one's grave
  6. Rolls Royce
  7. Rolls Royces
  8. rolls tape
  9. rolls the dice
  10. rolls the tape
  11. rolls the trucks

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