Definition of root

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• root is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 4
• root is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 4
• root is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 4

Definition of root

• a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. etymon
• someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. ancestor
  2. antecedent
  3. ascendant
  4. ascendent
• become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. settle
  2. settle down
  3. steady down
  4. take root
• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. base
  2. radical
  3. root word
  4. stem
  5. theme
• the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. solution
• the place where something begins, where it springs into being (noun)

  Examples

  1. communism's Russian root

  Synonyms

  1. beginning
  2. origin
  3. rootage
  4. source
• dig with the snout (verb)

  Examples

  1. the pig was rooting for truffles

  Synonyms

  1. rootle
  2. rout
• a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number (noun)
• (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground (noun)
• cause to take roots (verb)
• cheer for (verb)

  Examples

  1. She roots for the Broncos
• come into existence, originate (verb)

  Examples

  1. The problem roots in her depression
• plant by the roots (verb)
• take root and begin to grow (verb)

  Examples

  1. this plant roots quickly
• the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair (noun)

See definition of root in Merriam Webster