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roadstead

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊdstɛd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɹoʊdˌstɛd/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: road, roads

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a partly sheltered anchorage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: roads

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anchorage, anchorage ground

History

Etymology

From road + stead.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: рейд (rejd) — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Czech: rejda — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Danish: red — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Dutch: rede — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Esperanto: rodo — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Finnish: reti — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Finnish: redi — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • French: rade — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Galician: ancoradoiro — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Galician: abra — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • German: Reede — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Greek: ράδα (ráda) — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Hebrew: תַּחֲנַת עֲגִינָה (takhanat aginah) — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Italian: rada — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Macedonian: сидриште (sidrište) — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Macedonian: котвиште (kotvište) — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Norman: rade — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Norwegian Bokmål: red — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: red — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rei — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Polish: reda — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Portuguese: angra — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Romanian: radă — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Russian: рейд (rejd) — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Slovak: rejda — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Spanish: rada — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour
  • Swedish: redd — partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour