ROOT

ROOT 1 syllable

A2 · Elementary 📏 4 letters 🎲 Scrabble 4 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

noun
  1. (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
  2. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
  3. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
  4. a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

💬 Examples

  • "absorbs water and mineral salts"
  • "usually it anchors the plant to the ground"
  • "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
  • "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"

🔗 Similar words

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verb
  1. take root and begin to grow
  2. come into existence, originate
  3. cheer for
  4. plant by the roots

💬 Examples

  • "this plant roots quickly"
  • "The problem roots in her depression"
  • "She roots for the Broncos"
  • "the pig was rooting for truffles"

🔗 Similar words

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