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whale-roads

whale-roads is the plural of whale-road.

Meaning of whale-road

Noun

the whale-road (plural whale-roads)

  1. (literary, kenning) The ocean; the open sea.
    • […] and his name was called Scyld. He grew to man's estate, and became a mighty king, and subdued the peoples under him. All the neighboring peoples across the whale roads obeyed Scyld.1907, John Gibb, “Beowulf”, in The Children's Hour, volume 4, page 3

Questions about whale-roads

What is whale-roads the plural of?
Whale-roads is the plural of whale-road.

Words near whale-roads in the dictionary

  1. whale-backed
  2. whale-fisher
  3. whale-fishers
  4. whale-path
  5. whale-road
  6. whale-roads
  7. whaleback
  8. whalebacks
  9. whalebird
  10. whalebirds
  11. whaleboat

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