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2 : an itemized list

Synonyms

catalog, checklist, list, listing, menu, register, registry, roll, schedule, table—more at LIST

ros·trum noun, plural rostrums or ros·tra [ORIGIN: L Rostra, pl., a platform for speakers in the Roman Forum decorated with the beaks of captured ships, fr. pl. of rostrum beak, ship's beak, fr. rodere to gnaw]

: a stage or platform for public speaking

Synonyms

dais, platform, podium, stage, stand—more at PLATFORM

rosy adjective ros·i·er; -est 1 : of the color rose

2 : characterized by or tending to promote optimism : HOPEFUL

— ros·i·ly adverb

— ros·i·ness noun

Synonyms

[1] florid, flush, glowing, ruddy, sanguine—more at RUDDY

[2] auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, hopeful, likely, promising, propitious, upbeat—more at HOPEFUL

1rot verb rot·ted; rot·ting 1 : to undergo decomposition : DECAY

2 : to go to ruin

Synonyms

[1] break down, corrupt, decay, decompose, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, spoil—more at DECAY

[2] decay, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, ebb, sink, worsen—more at DETERIORATE

2rot noun 1 : the process of rotting : DECAY

2 : any of various diseases of plants or animals in which tissue breaks down

3 : language, conduct, or an idea that is absurd or contrary to good sense : NONSENSE; also : words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas

Synonyms

[1] breakdown, corruption, decay, decomposition, putrefaction, spoilage—more at CORRUPTION

[3] bunk, claptrap, drivel, fiddlesticks, folly, foolishness, fudge, hogwash, humbug, nonsense, piffle, silliness, slush, stupidity, trash—more at NONSENSE

1rotary adjective 1 : turning on an axis like a wheel

2 : having a rotating part

2rotary noun, plural -ries 1 : a rotary machine

2 : a one-way circular road junction

ro·tate verb ro·tat·ed; ro·tat·ing 1 : to turn or cause to turn about an axis or a center : REVOLVE

2 : to alternate in a series

— ro·ta·tor noun

— ro·ta·to·ry adjective

Synonyms

pivot, revolve, roll, spin, swing, swirl, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl—more at TURN

ro·ta·tion noun : the action or process of rotating on or as if on an axis or center

Synonyms

gyration, pirouette, reel, revolution, roll, spin, twirl, wheel, whirl—more at SPIN

ROTC abbreviation Reserve Officers' Training Corps

rote noun 1 : repetition from memory often without attention to meaning

2 : fixed routine or repetition

— rote adjective

Synonyms

groove, pattern, routine, rut, treadmill—more at ROUTINE

ro·tis·ser·ie noun [ORIGIN: F]

1 : a restaurant specializing in broiled and barbecued meats

2 : an appliance fitted with a spit on which food is rotated before or over a source of heat

ro·to·gra·vure noun : PHOTOGRAVURE

ro·tor noun 1 : a part that rotates; especially : the rotating part of an electrical machine

2 : a system of rotating horizontal blades for supporting a helicopter

ro·to·till·er noun : an engine-powered machine with rotating blades used to lift and turn over soil

rot·ten adjective 1 : having rotted

2 : morally corrupt

3 : extremely unpleasant or inferior

4 : of very poor quality

— rot·ten·ness noun

Synonyms

[1] bad, putrid; also curdled, fermented, rancid, sour, soured, turned; contaminated, defiled, fouled, polluted, tainted; corroded, crumbled, degenerated; decaying, moldering, moldy, putrefying, rotting

[2] bad, black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unethical, unsavory, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong—more at BAD

[3] bad, disagreeable, distasteful, nasty, sour, uncongenial, unlovely, unpleasant, unwelcome—more at UNPLEASANT

[3, 4] bad, deficient, inferior, lousy, off, poor, punk, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, wanting, wretched, wrong—more at BAD

[4] cheap, junky, lousy, mediocre, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, trashy

rot·ten·stone noun : a decomposed siliceous limestone used for polishing

rott·wei·ler noun, often cap : any of a breed of tall powerful black-and-tan short-haired dogs

ro·tund adjective 1 : rounded