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arrowhead
noun
ar·row·head
ˈer-ō-ˌhed 
ˈer-ə-,
ˈa-rō-,
ˈa-rə-
1
: a wedge-shaped piercing tip usually fixed to an arrow
2
: something resembling an arrowhead
3
: any of a genus (Sagittaria) of marsh or aquatic plants of the water-plantain family with leaves shaped like arrowheads
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Its occupant went to the next life with beads, copper-alloy arrowheads, and pottery.
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Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
Afterward, the result was a mixture of rockrose leaves dripping with labdanum, a sticky resin, that the scientists used to haft arrowheads to wood in a type of makeshift spear.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
The bronze and flint arrowheads were recovered from the Tollense Valley in northeast Germany.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
Among the artifacts found at the site were 119 lances and spears, eight swords, five knives, three arrowheads, one axe, a bridle, fragments of a bugle, fragments of at least two oath rings and several bronze and iron objects that have not been identified yet, according to the press release.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
Afterward, the result was a mixture of rockrose leaves dripping with labdanum, a sticky resin, that the scientists used to haft arrowheads to wood in a type of makeshift spear.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
The bronze and flint arrowheads were recovered from the Tollense Valley in northeast Germany.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
Among the artifacts found at the site were 119 lances and spears, eight swords, five knives, three arrowheads, one axe, a bridle, fragments of a bugle, fragments of at least two oath rings and several bronze and iron objects that have not been identified yet, according to the press release.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024
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arrowhead
noun
ar·row·head
-ˌhed
1
: the wedge-shaped striking end of an arrow
2
: something (as a mark) resembling an arrowhead
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