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. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   On the roads of failure, it is not uncommon to see the tears of the talented; and in the land of success, to hear the victorious screams of the incompetent!

2. Tshanduko Mudau:

   The services will be much worse, there are shortages of water and you can see the roads.

3. Sara Heidinger:

   From where I am standing I can drive 10 minutes south on completely cleared roads and then hit where it is a disaster.

4. Dmitry Shevelenko:

   We're going to be laughing next year when there's going to be a lot more semi-autonomous scooters and bikes than Waymos on the roads.

5. Mayor Craig Sanderson:

   Getting the roads open is the main thing we need, the County and (Arizona Department of Transportation) are working to make it possible to safely travel State Route 64.

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