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Post Road

Definition: Post Road

Post Road

Noun

1. A road over which mail is carried.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: Post Road

English words defined with "post road": bitt, bollardmilepost, milestonePostriderTo travel by dak. (references)
Specialty definitions using "post road": Knights of the RoadPARSON. (references)

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Photo Album: Post Road

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Old post road, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Two Yemschiks immediately after a drive of thirty versts on the Siberian post road in 40 degree below zero temp. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Speeches: Post Road

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829On a post road from Baltimore to Philadelphia.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Post Road

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

christian church post road

3

mountain post road trading

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Post Road

Language Translations for "post road"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

駅路 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

えきろ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ostpay oadray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Post Road

Misspellings

"Post Road" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: postroad. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Post Road

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-o-o-p-r-s-t"

-1 letter: parodos.

-2 letters: adopts, droops, pastor, troops.

-3 letters: adopt, apods, aport, darts, datos, doats, doors, dopas, dorps, dorsa, drats, droop, drops, dropt, odors, ordos, pards, parts, poods, ports, praos, prats, proas, prods, proso, prost, ratos, roads, roast, roods, roost, roots, rotas, rotos, sapor, sarod, sopor, spado, spoor, sport, sprat, stood, stoop, strap, strop, tardo.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-o-o-p-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: gastropod, parotoids, trapdoors.

 

+2 letters: adsorption, arthropods, doorplates, gastropods.

 

+3 letters: adsorptions, anthropoids, parenthoods, pteranodons, radiophotos.

 

+4 letters: bootstrapped, deportations, orthopaedics, petrodollars, postdoctoral, proctodaeums, radioisotope, spermatozoid.

 

+5 letters: apostrophised, apostrophized, cotransported, gonadotropins, metamorphosed, moderatorship, postdoctorate, postsecondary, radioisotopes, radioisotopic, spermatozoids.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Post Road


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6F 73 74      52 6F 61 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01110011 01110100 00100000 01010010 01101111 01100001 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#111 &#115 &#116 &#32 &#82 &#111 &#97 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 0073 0074      0052 006F 0061 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50818586252816770

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Speeches
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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