roll film

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rohl film]
- /roʊl fɪlm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rohl film]
- /roʊl fɪlm/

Definitions of roll film words

noun roll film a strip of film with space for several exposures, packaged on a spool in roll form so as to permit daylight loading and unloading and ease of handling. 1
noun roll film a length of photographic film backed with opaque paper and rolled on a spool 0
noun roll film a strip of photographic film rolled on a spool for a series of consecutive exposures 0

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Origin of roll film

First appearance:

before 1890

One of the 20% newest English words

First recorded in 1890-95

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Parts of speech for Roll film

noun

adjective

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adverb

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preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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roll film popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

roll film usage trend in Literature

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