egg roll

egg roll

n. A usually deep-fried cylindrical casing of thin egg dough, filled with minced vegetables and often bits of seafood or meat.

egg roll

n (Cookery) a Chinese-American dish consisting of egg dough filled with a minced mixture of pork, bamboo shoots, onions, etc, and browned in deep fat

egg′ roll`

n. a thin casing of egg dough rolled around a mixture of minced meat or shrimp, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, etc., and fried in deep fat. [1940–45]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

egg roll - minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and friedspring rolldish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world