Palimpsest
Palimpsest noun - A manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible.
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Roll and palimpsest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Roll" instead a noun "Palimpsest".
Roll
Roll noun - A record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system.
Palimpsest and roll are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Palimpsest" instead a noun "Roll".
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Maybe the most important: "palimpsest" (a message written under another message in a roll of parchment).
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