roadstead

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Recent Examples of roadstead Two light cruisers and the USS Utah lay off its starboard bow, and Battleship Row, the famed but vulnerable roadstead for the Navy’s mightiest, was on the other side of Ford Island. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024 Container ships and oil tankers, waiting for a berth, are assigned a place to anchor in the roadstead off Long Beach and Huntington Harbor. Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021 The Anzio roadstead was thick with Allied ships, but the Germans owned the skies. Bartle Bull, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadstead
Noun
  • What To Know The reopenings span three months, with five ports gradually resuming operations.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
  • With no detachable parts, the risk of connectivity issues or loose ports is reduced.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Hansen and Jim Miller ran the harbor’s merchant association together, and for Kalez, Miller and his daughter, Meredith, are family.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 28 June 2025
  • The Senate provision reduces the safe harbor limit in expansion states and puts a moratorium on any new provider taxes in all states.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • As the volunteers were watching the whale, it was joined by a pod of dolphins in the bay, the organization said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
  • The bay historically was not visited by this cetacean species.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • South Island The South Island is renowned for its spectacular natural scenery from the golden beaches of the Abel Tasman to the fiords and mountains in the Southern Alps.
    Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2024
  • Inside the park, travelers can explore the 421-meter Doubtful Sound, New Zealand's deepest fiord, which is home to bottlenose dolphins, fur seals, and penguins, according to Tourism New Zealand.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2022
Noun
  • So is avoiding areas like estuaries, which are natural fish nurseries, and any area that has a lot of fish or bird life or a lot of seals or sea lions.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
  • What was once a pristine estuary has become a hotspot for pollution, habitat loss, and stress.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • When an inlet on Haugen's street fills, a trapdoor opens and dumps the contents into a 20-inch steel tube below the street.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
  • On the sides, an additional inlet on the side strakes complements the enormously wide scoops that debuted on the Z06.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025

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“Roadstead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadstead. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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