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.

---

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

---

Etymology

Origin of arrowhead

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

Example Sentences

Ironically, the National Park Service logo is an arrowhead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Think of it like an arrow, where the arrowhead holds a portion of the information and the arrow tail holds the rest, Lee said.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2025

At burials excavated at one site, over 85 iron objects - knives, arrowhead, rings, chisels, axes and swords - were found inside and outside burial urns.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

The Interior Department opposes the use of the arrowhead logo.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2024

Last summer we found an arrowhead half buried under a bush.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass