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rouleau

Definitions of rouleau
  1. noun
    a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
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    vague
    one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
  2. noun
    a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
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    manuscrit
    handwritten book or document
  3. noun
    photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
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    bande, film
    photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
  4. noun
    a cylinder that revolves
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    rouleau de peintre en bâtiment
    a roller that has an absorbent surface used for spreading paint
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    cylindre
    a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
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