Definitions for roads
roads

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1. roads, roadstead(noun)

   a partly sheltered anchorage

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1. Roads

   Roads is a short novel by author Seabury Quinn. It was published by Arkham House in 1948 in an edition of 2,137 copies. It was Arkham House's first illustrated book and the author's first hardcover. The story, in an unrevised edition, originally appeared in the January 1938 issue of Weird Tales magazine. Roads is a Christmas story that traces the origins of Santa Claus from the beginning of the Christian era. The story is split into three parts: ⁕"The Road to Bethlehem" ⁕"The Road to Calvary" ⁕"The Long, Long Road" Roads was reissued in 2005 by Red Jacket Press, as a fully authorized facsimile reproduction of the original Arkham House edition.

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1. roads

   Plural form of the word road.

   A number of roads leading onto the motorway all had their signage upgraded over the course of a year.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 20, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'roads' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2797

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'roads' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1616

How to pronounce roads?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of roads in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of roads in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of roads in a Sentence

1. Real Live Preacher:

   EVERY path may lead you to God, even the weird ones. Most of us are on a journey. Were looking for something, though were not always sure what that is. The way is foggy much of the time. I suggest you slow down and follow some of the side roads that appear suddenly in the mist.

2. Mark Di Nola:

   The industry is aware of issues involved in the continued use of aging ski lifts, in this case 37 years. Analogous to our country's aging infrastructure of roads and bridges.

3. Charles Caleb Colton:

   As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.

4. Paige Gasper:

   I think that’s hard for these survivors … and the people [ killed in the recent church shooting ] in Texas will have some of the same roads to deal with, with their trauma.

5. Mona Barhouma:

   The roads are closed, the villages are all but empty, i don't even know where my polling station is.

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