"roadstead" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹəʊdstɛd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹoʊdˌstɛd/ [General-American] Forms: roadsteads [plural]
Etymology: From road + stead. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|road|stead|notext=1|type=exocentric}} road + stead Head templates: {{en-noun}} roadstead (plural roadsteads)
  1. (nautical) A partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour. Categories (topical): Nautical Related terms: road (english: sense 9) Translations (partly sheltered anchorage outside a harbour): рейд (rejd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), rejda [feminine] (Czech), red [common-gender] (Danish), rede [common-gender] (Dutch), reti (Finnish), redi (Finnish), rade (French), ancoradoiro [masculine] (Galician), Reede (German), ράδα (ráda) [feminine] (Greek), תַּחֲנַת עֲגִינָה (takhanat aginah) [feminine] (Hebrew), rada [feminine] (Italian), сидриште (sidrište) [neuter] (Macedonian), котвиште (kotvište) [neuter] (Macedonian), rade [feminine] (Norman), red [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), red [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rei [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), reda [feminine] (Polish), angra [feminine] (Portuguese), radă [feminine] (Romanian), рейд (rejd) (Russian), rejda [feminine] (Slovak), rada [feminine] (Spanish), redd (Swedish)

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