arrowhead

American  

[ar-oh-hed] / ˈær oʊˌhɛd /

noun

1. the head or tip of an arrow, usually separable from the shaft and conventionally wedge-shaped.

2. anything resembling or having the conventional shape of an arrowhead.

3. Also called swamp potato.  any aquatic or bog plant of the genus Sagittaria, having usually arrowhead-shaped leaves and clusters of white flowers.

4. any of several other plants having arrowhead-shaped leaves.

5. the dartlike form in an egg-and-dart ornament.

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arrowhead British  

/ ˈærəʊˌhɛd /

noun

1. the pointed tip of an arrow, often removable from the shaft

2. something that resembles the head of an arrow in shape, such as a triangular decoration on garments used to reinforce joins

3. any aquatic herbaceous plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp S. sagittifolia, having arrow-shaped aerial leaves and linear submerged leaves: family Alismataceae

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Etymology

Origin of arrowhead

1350–1400; Middle English arwe he ( ve ) d; arrow, head

Example Sentences

Ceremonial offerings of hundreds of beads, arrowheads and rings made of shells were with the remains.

From Seattle Times

The arrowheads are passed down through families, he said.

From New York Times

They soon shared a meal of hot dogs and wine together, engaging in a discussion not about weighty global problems but of their shared childhood joy of searching for arrowheads.

From Seattle Times

Bone arrowheads were found embedded in the skull and sternum of Porsmose Man, recovered from peat elsewhere in Denmark.

From New York Times

Under a scanning electron microscope, the pollen grains—which resembled inflated arrowheads—were reminiscent of pollen from tiny trees and shrubs in Asia that belong to the genus Symplocos.

From Scientific American