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router

noun · verb

Simple meaning

A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum.

Pronunciation

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rooter

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US device voice
IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈɹutɚ

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. Internet

    A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.

  2. A power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves

  3. Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.

  4. telecommunications

    Any device that directs packets of information using the equivalent of Open Systems Interconnection layer 3 (network layer) information. Most commonly used in reference to Internet Protocol routers.

  5. A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.

  6. A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.

verb

  1. To hollow out or cut using a router power tool.

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: (Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.

Used this way, router is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technology contexts.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Technology

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More ways to use router

  • “Our internet router needed to be reset to fix the connection problem.”noun

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