router

«router» in Mova's school dictionary: a small box that connects your computers, phones and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a router, routers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A router is a small box that connects your computers, phones and tablets to the internet and to each other, often by Wi-Fi. tree →

2) A router is also a power tool that cuts shapes and grooves in wood. tree →

sense in the lessons

In computing lessons the router is what sends data between your home network and the internet. In everyday life, «turn the router off and on again» is a common fix when the Wi-Fi stops. Phrases: «Wi-Fi router», «restart the router», «the router's password».

examples

• The Wi-Fi password is on a sticker on the router. tree →
• Try turning the router off and on again. tree →
• The router has little green lights that blink. tree →
• Dad moved the router upstairs so the signal is stronger. tree →
• A router sends information to the right device. tree →
• The carpenter used a router to shape the table's edge. tree →

note

Countable: router, routers. From «route» (a way). Pronunciation: in the UK usually ROO-ter; in the USA and Canada often ROW-ter (rhymes with «outer»). Don't share the router password with strangers.

In the corpora

• He once unplugged the router mid-match so the loss «wouldn't count».
• Theo decided he was a tech genius and turned the router off and on forty times in one evening.
• His dad gently took the router away.
• Switching a router off and on cuts the internet for everyone in the house.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «router» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.