handscroll
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A traditional Asian scroll that unfolds horizontally so that the reader can view one section at a time while holding it in the hands.
Example Sentences
- "He is depicted by the painter Qian Xuan, another connoisseur of reclusion, in a 13th-century handscroll at the Metropolitan Museum of Art."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
handscrolls (plural)
hand scroll (alternative)