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.

  1. Also called swamp po·ta·to [swomppuh-tey-toh, puh-tey-tuh] /ˈswɒmp pəˌteɪ toʊ, pəˌteɪ tə/ . any aquatic or bog plant of the genus Sagittaria, having usually arrowhead-shaped leaves and clusters of white flowers.

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

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

Origin of arrowhead

1
1350–1400; Middle English arwe he(ve)d;see arrow, head

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How to use arrowhead in a sentence

  • It is laid in the splints of their wooden arrows, or spread thickly upon their iron arrowheads, when they possess these.

    Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris
  • There are extraordinary numbers of arrowheads, and a good many celts of rough polished stone.

    A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael Stopes
  • The arrowheads are made of flint, rather more opaque and with a duller patina than English flint.

    A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael Stopes
  • Now that I'm here, I'll look at the arrowheads; mayn't I, papa?

    Betty Leicester's Christmas | Sarah Orne Jewett
  • Above black, ochraceous, and brownish gray; breast and sides with dusky arrowheads; throat and belly whitish.

British Dictionary definitions for arrowhead

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

  1. 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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