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rootholds

rootholds is the plural of roothold.

Meaning of roothold

Noun

roothold (plural rootholds)

  1. Attachment by means of roots.
    • A few spindly trees cling to the sides of the gorge, but their roothold on the tiny patches of soil gathered in cracks is precarious.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 98

Questions about rootholds

What is rootholds the plural of?
Rootholds is the plural of roothold.

Words near rootholds in the dictionary

  1. rootfinding
  2. Rooth
  3. roothair
  4. roothairs
  5. roothold
  6. rootholds
  7. roothole
  8. rootholes
  9. rootier
  10. rootiest
  11. rootin'

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