noun

router

ROO-tuh

noun

A networking device that directs data between computers and networks, including connecting a home network to the internet.

"Restarting the router usually fixes a slow Wi-Fi connection."

"The office router handles traffic for fifty devices."

A power tool used to hollow out or shape grooves in wood.

"He used a router to cut a decorative edge into the shelf."

How to Use Router

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishMost commonly the box that connects your devices to the internet; also a woodworking tool.

Common pairings

Wi-Fi router reset the router wood router

routered past tense, routers plural, routers plural, routers singular

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From route + -er.

outer neuter computer commuter supercomputer