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сви́ток — meaning in English

svitok

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English meaning

  • hanging adj Suspended or dangling from something.
  • roll verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
  • scroll noun A roll of paper or parchment, especially one containing writing.
  • volume noun How loud a sound is, or the control that adjusts it.

Senses

сви́ток is used for these senses in English:

  • hanging (countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).
  • scroll A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
  • scroll (architectural element) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
  • volume (obsolete) A roll or scroll, which was the form of ancient books.

hanging — full definition

  1. adj Suspended or dangling from something.
  2. noun Execution by suspending someone by the neck.
  3. noun A decorative item that hangs, such as a tapestry or curtain.

roll — full definition

  1. verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
  2. verb To form something into a cylindrical or spherical shape by turning it over on itself.
  3. verb To begin or set something in motion, especially filming or an event.
  4. noun A small individually baked piece of bread.
  5. noun A cylindrical bundle of something rolled up.

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