arrowhead

UK: /ˈærəʊhɛd/ US: /ˈæroʊˌhɛd/ ,(ar′ō hed′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ar•row•head /ˈæroʊˌhɛd/   n. [countable]

1. Sport a pointed tip on an arrow:
   arrowheads of flint.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ar•row•head  (ar′ō hed′), n. 

1. the head or tip of an arrow, usually separable from the shaft and conventionally wedge-shaped.
2. anything resembling or having the conventional shape of an arrowhead.
3. any aquatic or bog plant of the genus Sagittaria, having usually arrowhead-shaped leaves and clusters of white flowers.
4. any of several other plants having arrowhead-shaped leaves.
5. the dartlike form in an egg-and-dart ornament.

• 1350–1400; Middle English arwe he(ve)d; see arrow, head

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

arrowhead / ˈærəʊˌhɛd/ noun

1. the pointed tip of an arrow, often removable from the shaft
2. something that resembles the head of an arrow in shape, such as a triangular decoration on garments used to reinforce joins
3. any aquatic herbaceous plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp S. sagittifolia, having arrow-shaped aerial leaves and linear submerged leaves: family Alismataceae