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ROADSTEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does roadstead mean?
• ROADSTEAD (noun)
The noun ROADSTEAD has 1 sense:
1. a partly sheltered anchorage
Familiarity information: ROADSTEAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A partly sheltered anchorage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
roads; roadstead
Hypernyms ("roadstead" is a kind of...):
anchorage; anchorage ground (place for vessels to anchor)
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