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The word “arrow” means a thin, pointed shaft shot from a bow. In plain terms, either the pointed weapon shot from a bow, or a direction-pointing symbol shaped like one.

“Arrow” is pronounced A-roh (/ˈæɹə/ in IPA).

Here is “arrow” used in a sentence: “The archer nocked an arrow and took aim.”

Depending on how it is used, “arrow” can be a noun and a verb.

The word “arrow” comes from Latin. From Old English earh, going back to a Proto-Germanic word for "arrow," related to Latin arcus ("bow") — a distant cousin of "arc.".

“Arrow” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

“Arrow” has 3 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a thin, pointed shaft shot from a bow.

An arrow is a long, thin shaft shot from a bow, while a dart is a shorter pointed object usually thrown by hand or blown from a tube. Both have a sharp point, but only an arrow is designed to be launched from a bow.

The bow is the curved, flexible weapon that stores and releases energy, while the arrow is the pointed shaft the bow launches toward a target. You draw a bow to shoot an arrow, so the two work together but are not the same object.

The arrow keys are four keys marked with directional arrow symbols, pointing up, down, left, and right, used to move the cursor or navigate on screen. Here 'arrow' refers to the pointed symbol that shows direction rather than the weapon.

An arrow is shot from a standard bow and has feather-like fletching for stability, while a bolt is a shorter, heavier projectile fired from a crossbow. The words are not interchangeable when describing which weapon is used.