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 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

/ 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

The arrowhead painfully “scrapes against the underside of her shoulder blade every time she moves,” according to DonkeyLand.

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

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

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The team used it to successfully haft two flint arrowheads to wooden handles.

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Department of Interior for “unwarranted and relentless” trademark claims in a battle over the use of an arrowhead logo.

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