router

A device that connects computer networks and sends data to the right place.

• Restart the router if the internet stops working.
• We bought a new wireless router.
• Have you changed the router password?

Common phrases: wireless router, internet router, router settings

An electric tool that cuts grooves or shapes edges in wood.

• He used a router to shape the edge.
• This router cuts narrow grooves in wood.
• Replace the router bit before starting the next piece.

Common phrases: wood router, router bit, plunge router

A person who decides where vehicles or goods should go.

• The router planned the truck routes.
• An experienced router can reduce delivery delays.
• Our router sent two drivers to the northern depot.

Similar words: dispatcher

Common phrases: delivery router, truck router, experienced router

A document that travels with a part and records the steps needed to make it.

• The router lists the next production step.
• Attach the router to the unfinished part.
• Workers recorded each inspection on the router.

Similar words: route sheet, traveler

Common phrases: manufacturing router, part router, shop router

To cut a groove or shape an edge in wood with an electric cutting tool.

• Router a groove along the board.
• She routered the edges of the shelf.
• We need to router out a space for the hinge.

How to use it: router something out (He routered out a shallow recess in the wood.)

Similar words: rout, mill

Common phrases: router an edge, router a groove, router something out