"press roll" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: press rolls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} press roll (plural press rolls)
  1. A type of heavy roller, especially as used in papermaking. Categories (topical): Percussion instruments
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  2. (jazz) A type of drum roll whereby the drumsticks are pressed against the skin of the drum. Categories (topical): Jazz
    Sense id: en-press_roll-en-noun-uNUXvxT8 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 54 46

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