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roothold
noun root·hold \ˈrüt-ˌhōld, ˈru̇t-\
Definition of ROOTHOLD
1
: the anchorage of a plant to soil through the growing and spreading of roots
2
: a place where plants may obtain a roothold
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First Known Use of ROOTHOLD
1839
Rhymes with ROOTHOLD
acold, age-old, ahold, all told, behold, bifold, billfold, black gold, blindfold, blue mold, bread mold, choke hold, controlled, Cotswold, cuckold, eightfold, enfold, fanfold, fivefold, fool's gold, foothold, fourfold, freehold, gatefold, go gold, green mold, handhold, head cold, household, ice-cold, infold, knock cold, leaf mold, leasehold, make bold, ninefold, old gold, onefold, on hold, pinfold, potholed, scaffold, sheepfold, sixfold, slime mold, stokehold, stone-cold, stronghold, take hold, tenfold, threefold, threshold, toehold, twice-told, twofold, unfold, unmold, untold, uphold, white gold, whole-souled, withhold
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