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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • rook/ɹʊk/nounC13 meaningsA large black bird of the crow family that nests in colonies in treetops.
  • rookerynounC2A colony of nests high in the trees.
  • rookie/ˈɹʊki/nounB2Somebody in their first season at a job or a sport.
  • room/ɹʊm/nounA13 meaningsA separate space inside a building.
  • room numbernounA2The figure identifying which room is yours.
  • room servicenounB1
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Meals brought to your room at your request.
  • roomfulnounB2+A quantity of people or things large enough to fill one whole room.
  • roommate/ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/nounB2A person you share a room or flat with.
  • roost/ɹuːst/verbB2+2 meaningsTo settle somewhere for the night, as birds do.
  • rooster/ˈɹuːstə/nounA2+A male chicken.
  • root/ɹuːt/nounB25 meaningsThe part of a plant that grows underground, holding it in place and taking in water.
  • root causenounB2The real reason underneath a problem.
  • root systemnounB2All the underground parts that anchor and feed a plant.
  • roots/ɹuːts/nounB2The part of dyed hair growing out in its own colour.
  • rope/ɹəʊp/nounA23 meaningsThick strong cord made by twisting fibres together.
  • rosary/ˈɹoʊzəɹi/nounB2A string of beads used for counting prayers.
  • rose/ɹəʊz/nounA24 meaningsA garden flower with soft layered petals and a prickly stem, grown for its scent and given as a gift.
  • rosemary/ˈɹəʊzməɹi/nounB1+A spiky piney herb used in cooking.
  • rosewood/ˈɹoʊzˌwʊd/nounC1A dense dark tropical timber streaked with near-black grain and faintly sweet in smell, prized for guitar fingerboards and fine furniture.
  • rostrum/ˈɹɒstɹəm/nounC2A raised platform to speak or conduct from.
  • rot/ɹɒt/nounB22 meaningsThe soft decay that destroys damp wood.
  • rota/ˈɹəʊtə/nounB2+A chart saying who works when.
  • rotation/ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/nounC12 meaningsTurning around a centre.
  • rote/ɹəʊt/nounC1Learning by repetition without understanding.
  • rotor/ˈɹəʊ.tə/nounB2+The spinning part of a machine or aircraft.
  • roulette/ɹuːˈlɛt/nounB2+A gambling game played with a spinning numbered wheel.
  • round/ˈɹaʊ̯nd/adjectiveA27 meaningsShaped like a circle or a ball.
  • round robin/ˌɹaʊnd ˈɹɒbɪn/nounC1A competition in which everybody plays everybody.
  • roundabout/ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt/nounB1+2 meaningsA circular junction where cars go around a middle island.
  • roundhouse/ˈɹaʊndˌhaʊs/nounC2A circular shed where locomotives were turned and stored.
  • roundupnounC1A summary of the main news, or the gathering of cattle.
  • rout/ɹaʊt/nounC2A crushing defeat that sends the losers fleeing.
  • route/ɹuːt/nounA2+4 meaningsThe way taken to get from one place to another.
  • route planningnounB2Working out the best way for vehicles to travel.
  • router/ˈɹuː.tə(ɹ)/nounB1+2 meaningsThe box that spreads the internet through a building.
  • routine/ɹuːˈtiːn/nounB23 meaningsA fixed way of doing things, repeated in the same order each time.
  • routine checknounB1A regular look to catch faults early.
  • rover/ˈɹəʊvə/nounB22 meaningsA wheeled robot driven across another world's surface.
  • row/ɹəʊ/nounB14 meaningsA number of people or things arranged in a straight line side by side.
  • rowing/ˈɹoʊɪŋ/nounB1+The sport of pulling oars to move a boat.
  • royal/ˈɹɔɪ̯.əl/adjectiveB13 meaningsBelonging to a king or queen.
  • royaltiesnounB2Payments an author or musician earns from each sale.
  • royalty/ˈɹɔɪəlti/nounB2Members of a royal family, or money paid to an author.
  • rsvp/ˌɑː(ɹ) ɛs viː ˈpiː/nounB2+2 meaningsA request on an invitation that you say whether you will come.
  • rub/ɹʌb/verbB14 meaningsTo move your hand or an object back and forth over a surface while pressing on it.
  • rubber/ˈɹʌbə/nounA23 meaningsA stretchy, bouncy material made from the sap of a tropical tree or produced industrially.
  • rubber bandnounB1A loop of stretchy rubber used to hold things together.
  • rubber glovesnounA2Waterproof gloves worn to protect the hands.
  • rubble/ˈɹʌb.əl/nounB2Broken stone and brick from a ruined building.
  • rubric/ˈɹuːbɹɪk/nounC1A heading or set of instructions for a task.
  • ruby/ˈɹuː.bi/nounA2+A hard red precious stone.
  • rucksack/ˈɹʌkˌsæk/nounB1+A large bag carried on the back.
  • ruckus/ˈɹʌkəs/nounC1A noisy disturbance.
  • rudder/ˈɹʌdəː/nounB2+The blade at the back that turns a boat.
  • rudenessnounB2Behaviour that shows no regard for others.
  • rudiment/ˈɹuːdɪmənt/nounC1One of the first simple parts of a subject.
  • rudimentsnounC1The first and simplest parts of a subject.
  • ruff/ɹʌf/nounC2A stiff frilled collar worn in earlier centuries.
  • ruffian/ˈɹʌfi.ən/nounC1A violent lawless man.
  • ruffle/ˈɹʌfəl/nounB22 meaningsA wavy band of gathered cloth along an edge.