Parker House roll

noun

A bread roll made by flattening the center of a ball of dough so that it becomes an oval shape and then folding the oval in half.

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Meanings

nounParker House roll (plural Parker House rolls)

plural Parker House rolls

  1. New EnglandcookingA bread roll made by flattening the center of a ball of dough so that it becomes an oval shape and then folding the oval in half.

Origin

After the Parker House Hotel in Boston, where it was invented.

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Parker House roll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parker%20House%20roll

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“Parker House roll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parker%20House%20roll. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Parker House roll,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parker%20House%20roll.

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