roots
/ɹuːts/
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Midwestern US/ɹʊts/
roots is the plural of root.
Noun
roots
Meaning of root
Noun
root (countable and uncountable, plural roots)
- The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.
- Synonyms:
- fang
- A root vegetable.
- [...] two fields which should have been sown with roots in the early summer were not sown because the ploughing had not been completed early enough.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
- The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.
- Synonyms:
- fang
- The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
- The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.
- The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
- He dyed his hair black last month, so the grey roots can be seen.
- The primary source; origin.
- The love of money is the root of all evil.
Words formed from roots
Phrases with roots
- roots up
- roots for
- roots out
- beet roots
- chay roots
- choy roots
- cube roots
- eddy roots
- roots rock
- roots wine
- chaya roots
- china roots
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- daisy roots
- grass roots
- plank roots
- roots about
- roots drink
- roots music
- shaya roots
- squaw roots
- stilt roots
- aerial roots
- bitter roots
- cancer roots
- celery roots
- dorsal roots
- ginger roots
- roots around
- roots musics
- roots reggae
- Seneca roots
- simple roots
- square roots
- biscuit roots
- digital roots
- muskrat roots
- papoose roots
- sensory roots
- unicorn roots
- buttress roots
- licorice roots
- multiple roots
- put down roots
- roots of unity
- strictly roots
- asparagus roots
- High John roots
- liquorice roots
- primitive roots
- principal roots
- puts down roots
- secondary roots
- functional roots
- rattlesnake roots
- roots of all evil
- roots of scarcity
- putting down roots
- characteristic roots
- advanced tongue roots
- principal square roots
- retracted tongue roots
- John the Conqueror roots
Words that rhyme with roots
Questions about roots
- What does roots mean?
- Roots means ancestry.
- What is roots the plural of?
- Roots is the plural of root.
- What part of speech is roots?
- Roots is a noun.
- How do you pronounce roots?
- Roots is pronounced /ɹuːts/.
Words near roots in the dictionary
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