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troad

/tɹəʊd/

troad is the obsolete spelling of trode.

Meaning of trode

Noun

trode

  1. (obsolete) Tread; footing.
    • Fruitfull of all thinges fitt for living foode ,
      But wholy waste and void of peoples trode1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    troad

Proper noun capitalized: Troad

IPA/ˈtɹəʊ.æd/

the Troad

  1. (historical) The Biga peninsula in the northwestern part of Anatolia, Turkey.

Forms of troad

Noun
pluraltroads
Proper noun
alternative formTroas

Origin of troad

From Ancient Greek Τρῳάς (Trōiás).

Questions about troad

What does troad mean?
Troad means the Biga peninsula in the northwestern part of Anatolia, Turkey.
What is troad the obsolete spelling of?
Troad is the obsolete spelling of trode.
What part of speech is troad?
Troad is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce troad?
Troad is pronounced /tɹəʊd/.

Words near troad in the dictionary

  1. tro
  2. tro tro
  3. tro tros
  4. tro-tro
  5. troach drop
  6. troad
  7. troade
  8. troads
  9. troak
  10. troaked
  11. troaking

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: troad (page history and authors); Troad (page history and authors); trode (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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