rosehead
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail.
noun
A circular or spherical nozzle or end to something that is perforated to allow the escape of liquid or gas.
Example Sentences
- "He's here, I've heard, day after day, following you round while you snip off roseheads."
- "The achillea and Craspedia have strong stems which can simply be pushed into the foam ball, but as the roseheads, dahlias and Helichrysum have no stems, it is best to use a glue gun to fix the flowers to the foam ball."
- "She plucked a rosehead and anxiously began pulling off the petals as she listlessly wandered, remembering Antonia's words that perhaps the boys were better off at Phillips."
- "In the Fort Southwest Point collection, hand-wrought iron nails headed in the "rosehead" pattern account for a total of 3,549 specimens (38% of hand-wrought nails)."
- "The most common shape was the "rosehead"; however, broad "butterfly" heads and narrow L-heads also were crafted."
- "Nails with distinctive "roseheads" (Figure 5.65a) are the most common type of nail found in the study sites."