arrowhead

[ ar-oh-hed ]

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 po·ta·to [swomp, p, uh, -tey-toh, p, uh, -tey-t, uh]. 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.

arrowhead

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of arrowhead¹

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

Example Sentences

When one major operation, dubbed Arrowhead Ripper, concluded in mid-August, most insurgent activity in the area had ceased.

From The Daily Beast

The skeleton was found with an arrowhead embedded in it, suggesting the King died in battle.

From The Daily Beast

Naturally, a wound on the heel was drawn open by this act, and the Armenian saw the arrowhead in the flesh.

From Project Gutenberg

A well-known writer, who had spent some weeks at Arrowhead Village, was generally suspected of being its author.

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Dr. Butts was the leading medical practitioner, not only of Arrowhead Village, but of all the surrounding region.

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In the summer season many kinds of small traffic were always carried on in Arrowhead Village.

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Her hands were full enough, it might seem, without undertaking the solution of the great Arrowhead Village enigma.

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