Root
Root is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 4 points
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1
- How common
- Common
Meaning of root
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noun(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground.
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nounThe place where something begins, where it springs into being.
“the Italian beginning of the Renaissance”
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noun(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed.
“thematic vowels are part of the stem”
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verbTake root and begin to grow.
“this plant roots quickly”
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verbCome into existence, originate.
“The problem roots in her depression”
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verbPlant by the roots.
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of root
Words inside root
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- too3
- rot3
- tor3
- oot3
- ort3
Words that rhyme with root
- boot
- cute
- fruit
- route
- shoot
- suit
- brute
- butte
- chute
- flute
- loot
- moot
- mute
- newt
- toot
- brut
- bute
- coot
- hoot
- jute
- lute
- scoot
- shute
- acute
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