egg roll

noun Chinese-American Cookery.

a cylindrical casing of egg dough filled with a minced mixture of meat or shrimp, bamboo shoots, onions, etc., and fried in deep fat.

Origin of egg roll

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby egg roll

egg foo yung, egg in your beer, egg membrane, egg on, egg on one's face, have, egg roll, egg rolling, egg sac, egg slice, egg spoon, egg stone

British Dictionary definitions for egg roll

egg roll

noun

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