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roll film

n.
Photographic film rolled on a spool and encased before being loaded into a camera.
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roll film

n
(Photography) a length of photographic film backed with opaque paper and rolled on a spool
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Noun1.roll film - photographic film wound on a spoolroll film - photographic film wound on a spool  
photographic film, film - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
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