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rootage
root·age R0301900 (ro͞o′tĭj, ro͝ot′ĭj)n.1. A system or growth of roots.2. Origin or establishment: the rootage of a political movement.rootage (ˈruːtɪdʒ) n1. a root system or a firm rooting2. obsolete the action of rooting something outroot•age (ˈru tɪdʒ, ˈrʊt ɪdʒ) n. 1. the act of taking root. 2. a root system or firm fixture by means of roots. [1580–90] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | rootage - fixedness by or as if by roots; "strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith"fixedness, immobility, stationariness - remaining in place | | 2. | rootage - a developed system of roots root systemsystem, scheme - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"root - (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 | | 3. | rootage - the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "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"origin, source, root, beginningderivation - the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation"spring - a point at which water issues forthheadspring, fountainhead, head - the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"headwater - the source of a river; "the headwaters of the Nile"wellhead, wellspring - the source of water for a welljumping-off place, point of departure - a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched; "one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"; "my point of departure was San Francisco"place of origin, provenance, provenience, birthplace, cradle - where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"home - place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball"point source - a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constrictedtrail head, trailhead - the beginning of a trailpoint - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" | Translations
rootage Related to rootage: deep-rooted, rooting outSynonyms for rootagenoun fixedness by or as if by rootsRelated Words- fixedness
- immobility
- stationariness
noun a developed system of rootsSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the place where something begins, where it springs into beingSynonyms- origin
- source
- root
- beginning
Related Words- derivation
- spring
- headspring
- fountainhead
- head
- headwater
- wellhead
- wellspring
- jumping-off place
- point of departure
- place of origin
- provenance
- provenience
- birthplace
- cradle
- home
- point source
- trail head
- trailhead
- point
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