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You can make 17 words from road according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of road

road orad raod arod oard aord roda orda rdoa droa odra dora rado ardo rdao drao adro daro oadr aodr odar doar ador daor

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word road. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in road.

Definitions and meaning of road

road

Alternative forms

• rade (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English rode, rade (“ride, journey”), from Old English rād (“riding, hostile incursion”), from Proto-West Germanic *raidu, from Proto-Germanic *raidō (“a ride”), from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride”). Doublet of raid, acquired from Scots, and West Frisian reed (paved trail/road, driveway).

The current primary meaning of "street, way for traveling" originated relatively late—Shakespeare seemed to expect his audiences to find it unfamiliar—and probably arose through reinterpretation of roadway "a way for riding on" as saying "way" twice, in other words as a tautological compound.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: rōd, IPA^(key): /ɹoʊd/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rōd, IPA^(key): /ɹəʊd/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /rod/
• Rhymes: -əʊd
• Homophones: Rhode, rode (general), rowed (except Scotland)

Noun

road (plural roads)

1. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. [from 16th c.]
2. (uncountable) Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.

3. (dated) A physical way or route.
4. (figuratively) A path chosen, as in life or career. [from 17th c.]
5. An underground tunnel in a mine. [from 18th c.]
6. (US, rail transport) A railway or (UK, rail transport) a single railway track. [from 19th c.]
7. (obsolete) The act of riding on horseback. [9th–17th c.]
8. (obsolete) A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid. [9th–19th c.]
9. (nautical, often in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead. [from 14th c.]
10. (obsolete) A journey, or stage of a journey.

Usage notes

Often used interchangeably with street or other similar words. When usage is distinguished, a road is a route between settlements (reflecting the etymological relation with ride), as in the Great North Road from London to Edinburgh, while a street is a route within a settlement (city or town), strictly speaking, paved.

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• See also Thesaurus:road

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Adjective

road (not comparable)

1. (US, Canada, sports, chiefly attributive) At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
2. (cycling) Of or pertaining to a road bike.

Synonyms

• (at the venue of the opposing team or competitor): away (UK)

Anagrams

• A-Rod, Dora, Rado, orad, orda

Estonian

Noun

road

1. nominative plural of roog

Swedish

Participle

road

1. past participle of roa

Adjective

road (not comparable)

1. amused, entertained

Declension

Related terms

• lättroad
• oroad

Anagrams

• orda