Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "root" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

pole

Typical Location

tree

Capable Of

absorb mineral salts absorbing water man init

Coordinate Terms

home directory stem

Derived Terms

Armillaria root disease Armillaria root rot Boott's rattlesnake root Canada root Culver's root High John root John the Conqueror root Root effect Rootstown Seneca root Texas root rot abscess root advanced tongue root aerial root alumroot aniseroot arrow-root arrowroot asparagus root balsamroot bare-root bareroot beet root beetroot bellyache root bigroot birthroot biscuit root biscuitroot bitterroot blackroot bloodroot bowman's root bread-root breadroot briar-root briarroot buttress root buttress-root cabbage root fly cancer root celery root characteristic root chay root chaya root china root china-root choy root cloveroot clubroot colicroot complex conjugate root theorem coralroot cotton root rot crinkleroot daisy roots deep-rooted dick root digital root disroot dorsal root dorsal root ganglion dragonroot eddy root enroot fernroot feverroot fingerroot flagroot gagroot ginger root grass roots grass-roots grassroot hollowroot intraroot jaundice root knotroot licorice root liquorice root manroot memory root midroot money is the root of all evil mortification root multiple root multiroot mushroom root rot muskroot nonroot orangeroot orrisroot outroot paintroot papoose root pigroot pinkroot plank root pleurisy root pokeroot primitive root principal root principal square root pseudoroot put down roots puttyroot queenroot rabbit root rational root theorem rattleroot rattlesnake root redroot rem reroot retracted tongue root rheumatism root riceroot root about root and branch root around root bark root beer root beer float root canal root cap root cause root cellar root cellaring root disease root doctor root field root fly root for root gap root hair root kit root mean square root mean square velocity root morpheme root nodule root noun root of all evil root of scarcity root of unity root out root parsley root plant root position root pressure root rot root sheath root system root tea root up root vole root word root zone root-and-branch root-and-brancher root-bound root-cause root-fallen root-knot nematode root-noun root-rocker rootable rootage rootball rootbark rootbound rooted rooter rootery rootfinder rootfinding roothold roothole rootkit rootle rootless rootlet rootlike rootling rootogram roots roots music roots reggae roots rock roots-reggae roots-rock rootstalk rootstock rootsy rootward rootwise rootwork rootworker rootworm rooty rootzone roseroot sensory root shaya root shoestring root rot simple root snakeroot soaproot square root decomposition square root of fuck all squaw root squawroot starch-root stilt root stoneroot strawberry root weevil strictly roots subroot sunroot sweetroot sysroot take root taproot the love of money is the root of all evil toadroot tulip root underroot unicorn root unroot uproot violet root rot webroot white rattlesnake root whiteroot wormroot yellowroot

Derived From

rout

Etymologically Related To

hoot radish radix rout wort

Context

analysis arithmetic australia botany computing graph theory horticulture ireland linguistic morphology linguistics music new zealand philology slang us vulgar

Part Of (Holonyms)

kernel

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

anatomical structure back up become bodily structure body structure complex body part cut into delve descriptor dig form grow number plant plant organ point relation relative set set signifier stabilise stabilize structure support turn over word form

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

taproot

Type Of (IsA)

cardiac valve part external anatomical part form number plant organ software structure

Manner Of

become grow plant support

Part Of

flowering plant hair kernel nail plant root system rootage tooth transport system of plant

Related Terms

+ +... = + = = Or sometimes log(base) = successor × = × ×... = ÷ = − = √ =

Related Terms

abbreviate abolish absorb access account anchor base bone bottom cause cheer chord configuration cutting derive dig directory dye equation expression fawn fundamental grow hair lucerne manage new york node number nutrient operating system origin oversee parent part penis perm plant plant base power prepare raise reproduction root out root vegetable rooting rummage sexual intercourse skin soil source specify square root stem store structure support switzerland tone tooth treat tree tree bottom tree underground underground underground plant unix user vegetative water word yield zero

Synonym Network

ancestor barrack basis beginning dig out etymon rout screw settle solution superuser zero

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