Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The pointed striking tip of an arrow, typically a knapped, wedge-shaped stone or a fitted metal cap.
- noun Something, such as a directional mark on a sign or drawing, having the shape of an arrowhead.
- noun Any of various aquatic or wetland perennial plants of the genus Sagittaria, having arrowhead-shaped leaves and panicles of white, unisexual flowers.
- noun The edible tubers of various Sagittaria species, especially S. sagittifolia of Eurasia or S. latifolia of North America.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pointed member of an egg-and-dart molding; the ‘dart’ or ‘tongue.’ See cut at egg and dart, under egg.
- noun The head of an arrow.
- noun An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria: so called from the shape of the leaves. See
Sagittaria . - noun A belemnite.
- Written with arrow-headed characters: as, an arrow-head inscription.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow.
- noun (Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp.
Sagittaria sagittifolia , -- named from the shape of the leaves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The pointed part of an
arrow (the weapon). - noun The pointed part of an arrow (the symbol).
- noun Any plant in the genus Sagittaria.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
Etymologies
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Examples
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The arrowhead is NOT authorized on the Silver Star.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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The arrowhead is spreading its creamy clumps of flower and the blackberries are blooming in the thickets.
Albloggerque johnny_mango 2005
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Myanmar is a lynchpin - or "arrowhead" - for the "Look East" policy as it represents the land bridge between India and ASEAN.
Asia Times Online 2010
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It will be the first major system trouble for cash trading since the TSE installed a new high-speed trading platform called "arrowhead" in 2010.
Tokyo Tackles Trading Glitch Bradford Frischkorn 2012
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This was the highest value of stocks handled by the exchange since its new software dubbed 'arrowhead' launched at the start of the year.
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He had Casca on his right; Bu Ali on his left, in a kind of arrowhead formation with himself as the point.
The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980
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Sure, we could do that "arrowhead" maneuver in our sleep.
The Forever War Haldeman, Joe 1975
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Sure, we could do that "arrowhead" maneuver in our sleep.
The Forever War Haldeman, Joe 1975
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Against effective machine-gun or rifle fire deployment into line, or into "arrowhead" formation with the flanks thrown well back, is preferable to a single line extended at so many paces interval, as it is scarcely more vulnerable and is infinitely easier to control.
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Like Hoa, he is symbolized by the simple wedge or "arrowhead," the primary and essential element of cuneiform writing, to mark his joint presidency with that God over writing and literature.
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