Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arrow-root

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: ar-row--root
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of arrowroot.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In Jane’s eyes she had been a rival; and well might any thing she could offer of assistance or regard be repulsed. An airing in the Hartfield carriage would have been the rack, and arrow-root from the Hartfield store-room must have been poison."
"Dr. Ifill could state, with certainty, that all the arrow-root imported into this country from Barbadoes, was made from the maranta; […] The difference in the quality of the arrow-roots imported into this country, depended on the care which had been employed in the preparation. The greater number of times the fecula was washed, the purer it would be."

Usage

Inflected Forms

arrow-roots (plural)

Questions

What does arrow-root mean?: Alternative spelling of arrowroot.

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