what does rootage mean?
ROOTAGE as NOUN
- Meaning
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
- Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
- Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
- communism’’s Russian root
Hypernyms(s) rootage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Hyponym(s)
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- a developed system of roots
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) rootage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- fixedness by or as if by roots
Usage Example(s)
- strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith
Hypernyms(s) rootage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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