Definition of rood in English:

rood

noun ruːdrud

1A crucifix, especially one positioned above the rood screen of a church or on a beam over the entrance to the chancel.
Example sentencesExamples
- Every church building had to display the royal coat of arms on the chancel arch in place of the rood.
- The rood - Christ on the cross flanked by the Virgin and S. John - placed above a screen at the entrance to the choir, was now an established feature.
Synonyms
crucifix
2British historical A measure of land area equal to a quarter of an acre (40 square perches, approximately 0.1012 hectare).
Example sentencesExamples
- Nor is there much satisfaction in contemplating the world with nothing left to the spontaneous action of nature: with every rood of land brought into cultivation and… every flowery waste ploughed up…
- It was part of an area of 15 acres, three roods and four perches originally granted to John Dickson.

Origin

Old English rōd; related to Dutch roede and German Rute 'rod'.

Rhymes

allude, brood, collude, conclude, crude, delude, dude, elude, étude, exclude, extrude, exude, feud, food, illude, include, intrude, Jude, lewd, mood, nude, obtrude, occlude, Oudh, preclude, protrude, prude, pseud, pultrude, rude, seclude, shrewd, snood, transude, unglued, unsubdued, who'd, you'd

Definition of rood in US English:

rood

nounro͞odrud

1A crucifix, especially one positioned above the rood screen of a church or on a beam over the entrance to the chancel.
Example sentencesExamples
- Every church building had to display the royal coat of arms on the chancel arch in place of the rood.
- The rood - Christ on the cross flanked by the Virgin and S. John - placed above a screen at the entrance to the choir, was now an established feature.
Synonyms
crucifix
2British historical A measure of land area equal to a quarter of an acre.
Example sentencesExamples
- It was part of an area of 15 acres, three roods and four perches originally granted to John Dickson.
- Nor is there much satisfaction in contemplating the world with nothing left to the spontaneous action of nature: with every rood of land brought into cultivation and… every flowery waste ploughed up…

Origin

Old English rōd; related to Dutch roede and German Rute ‘rod’.

单词	rood
释义	Definition of rood in English: rood noun ruːdrud 1A crucifix, especially one positioned above the rood screen of a church or on a beam over the entrance to the chancel. Example sentencesExamples Every church building had to display the royal coat of arms on the chancel arch in place of the rood. The rood - Christ on the cross flanked by the Virgin and S. John - placed above a screen at the entrance to the choir, was now an established feature. Synonyms crucifix 2British historical A measure of land area equal to a quarter of an acre (40 square perches, approximately 0.1012 hectare). Example sentencesExamples Nor is there much satisfaction in contemplating the world with nothing left to the spontaneous action of nature: with every rood of land brought into cultivation and… every flowery waste ploughed up… It was part of an area of 15 acres, three roods and four perches originally granted to John Dickson. Origin Old English rōd; related to Dutch roede and German Rute 'rod'. Rhymes allude, brood, collude, conclude, crude, delude, dude, elude, étude, exclude, extrude, exude, feud, food, illude, include, intrude, Jude, lewd, mood, nude, obtrude, occlude, Oudh, preclude, protrude, prude, pseud, pultrude, rude, seclude, shrewd, snood, transude, unglued, unsubdued, who'd, you'd Definition of rood in US English: rood nounro͞odrud 1A crucifix, especially one positioned above the rood screen of a church or on a beam over the entrance to the chancel. Example sentencesExamples Every church building had to display the royal coat of arms on the chancel arch in place of the rood. The rood - Christ on the cross flanked by the Virgin and S. John - placed above a screen at the entrance to the choir, was now an established feature. Synonyms crucifix 2British historical A measure of land area equal to a quarter of an acre. Example sentencesExamples It was part of an area of 15 acres, three roods and four perches originally granted to John Dickson. Nor is there much satisfaction in contemplating the world with nothing left to the spontaneous action of nature: with every rood of land brought into cultivation and… every flowery waste ploughed up… Origin Old English rōd; related to Dutch roede and German Rute ‘rod’.
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