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Definitions for roadsteadˈroʊdˌstɛd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

road•steadˈroʊdˌstɛd(n.)

  1. a partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor.

    Category: Nautical, Navy

Origin of roadstead:

1325–75

Princeton's WordNet

  1. roads, roadstead(noun)

    a partly sheltered anchorage

Wiktionary

  1. roadstead(Noun)

    A partly-sheltered anchorage outside a harbour.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Roadstead(noun)

    an anchorage off shore. Same as Road, 4

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