death-roll

1. 1.

   a list of persons killed in a war or other disaster

   Broaderroll

Questions about death-roll

What does death-roll mean?

death-roll means "a list of persons killed in a war or other disaster".

How many syllables are in death-roll?

death-roll has 3 syllables: de-a-th-roll. The stress falls on "de".

Is death-roll a common word?

death-roll is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.