Definitions for roads
roads

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1. roads, roadsteadnoun

   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  

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1. • Anchorage

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?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. David Furtner:

   The driver did not give a damn about the people in the back. We would not transport animals under these conditions on our roads in Austria.

2. Apostolos Kimisis:

   I'm standing outside and it's about to rain. If that sets off a rockfall in the mountains, how will we repair the roads? we've got a heap of projects, a heap of obligations.

3. Markus Fischer:

   Such roads will allow (electric vehicles) to move long distances without big, costly and heavy batteries.

4. Christian Prudhomme:

   Riders need a couple of months to get ready for an event like The Tour. Four, five or six weeks to train on roads and then we should have a few stage races before The Tour.

5. Govind Bisht:

   These trees, such as oak, rhododendron and the kharsu (an endemic species), are primarily responsible for groundwater recharging, but they are fast vanishing, being cut, whether for timber or for so-called 'developmental works' such as roads or tourist resorts.

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