roe
IPA: rˈoʊ
noun
- The eggs of fish.
- The sperm of certain fish.
- The ovaries of certain crustaceans.
- A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- A town in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States.
- A river in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
- Short for roe deer. [A small, nimble Eurasian deer with no visible tail, a white rump patch, and a reddish summer coat that turns grey in winter, the male having short three-pointed antlers (Capreolus capreolus and Capreolus pygargus).]
- (accounting) Initialism of return on equity. — A measure of how well a company used reinvested earnings to generate additional earnings.
- (military) Initialism of rule(s) of engagement. — a/the rule(s) governing when to fire or return fire
- Abbreviation of record of employment.
- (US, law, US politics, informal) Ellipsis of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 US Supreme Court case which legalized abortion and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.
- Alternative form of ROE
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Examples of "roe" in Sentences
- He ate a fish with roe.
- He did not know that roe can be eaten.
- Of the two, the hard roe tastes fishier.
- Noru is the Korean word for the roe deer.
- Caviar is but the hard roe of the sturgeon.
- She never knew that cavier is roe of sharks.
- The other indigenous species is the Roe Deer.
- Some culture are abohorant against eating roe.
- The bright orange roe is the natural coloration.
- In some culture, roe is used for special ritual.
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