Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun megillah

2 senses of megillah

Sense 1
megillah -- ((Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account; "he insisted on giving us the whole megillah")
       => report, account -- (the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple")

Sense 2
Megillah -- ((Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim)
       => scroll, roll -- (a document that can be rolled up (as for storage))