English noun: rootage | |||
1. | rootage (state) fixedness by or as if by roots | ||
Samples | Strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fixedness, immobility, stationariness | ||
2. | rootage (plant) a developed system of roots | ||
Synonyms | root system | ||
Broader (hypernym) | scheme, system | ||
Part holonym | root | ||
3. | rootage (location) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | beginning, origin, root, source | ||
Broader (hypernym) | point | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | birthplace, cradle, derivation, fountainhead, head, headspring, headwater, home, jumping-off place, place of origin, point of departure, point source, provenance, provenience, spring, trail head, trailhead, wellhead, wellspring | ||