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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of arrowhead1

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

In that regard, the very large number of bronze weapons, like the famed khopesh swords and arrowheads, could only be supplied by an effectively organized military infrastructure.

Even today, modern hunter-gatherers, who lack money, still trade—Hadzabe hunters exchange honey for iron arrowheads made by neighboring tribes, for example.

The oldest arrowheads appeared in southern Africa over 70,000 years ago, likely made by the ancestors of the Bushmen, who’ve lived there for 200,000 years.

Start pulling that thread and, if you’re like Sundog each time he stumbles across an arrowhead, you’ll unravel an existential crisis rooted in centuries of colonialism.

Henne would start Sunday against the Bills at Arrowhead Stadium, with a Super Bowl berth at stake, if Mahomes is unable to play.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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