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roadstead

Syllables: road·stead/ˈɹəʊdstɛd/US/ˈɹoʊdˌstɛd/

roadstead noun: a partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour.

Noun

roadstead (plural roadsteads)

  1. A partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour.
    • The shores of Protection island form on its south side, which is about two miles long, a most excellent roadstead, and a channel into port Discovery, near 2 miles wide on either side […]1798, George Vancouver, chapter V, in A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, volume I, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, page 248
    • […] I found we were lying in a roadstead among many low and rocky islets, hovered about by an innumerable cloud of sea-fowl.1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, “Story of the Fair Cuban”, in More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 171
    Synonyms:
    road, roads

roadstead meaning in Bengali

roadstead in Bengali

একটি আংশিকভাবে আশ্রয়প্রাপ্ত নোঙরস্থল

Synonyms of roadstead

Forms of roadstead

pluralroadsteads

Origin of roadstead

From road + stead.

Questions about roadstead

What does roadstead mean?
Roadstead means a partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour.
What is roadstead in Bengali?
Roadstead in Bengali is একটি আংশিকভাবে আশ্রয়প্রাপ্ত নোঙরস্থল. See Roadstead meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is roadstead?
Roadstead is a noun.
How do you pronounce roadstead?
Roadstead is pronounced /ˈɹəʊdstɛd/ (UK).
What is the plural of roadstead?
The plural of roadstead is roadsteads.

Words near roadstead in the dictionary

  1. roadslopes
  2. roadsman
  3. roadsmen
  4. roadspray
  5. roadspreading
  6. roadstead
  7. roadsteads
  8. roadster
  9. roadsters
  10. roadstone
  11. roadstones

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