root

noun/ruːt/CEFR A2

শিকড়, মূল

Meaning

The part of a plant that grows under the ground.

Example sentences

The tree has deep roots.গাছটির গভীর শিকড় আছে।
Roots take water from the soil.শিকড় মাটি থেকে পানি নেয়।

Similar words, and what each means

source
উৎস
The place, person or thing that something comes from.
underlying
অন্তর্নিহিত, মূলে থাকা
Existing as an important but not immediately obvious cause or basis.

Other English words for “শিকড়, মূল”

main
Largest or most important.

“root” elsewhere on EnglishBD

The difficulty is that in English both words share a root and differ only in the ending, so the wrong ending slips out when you speak quickly.
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They share the same root but differ in stress and vowel: thir-TEEN stresses the end with a long 'ee', while THIR-ty stresses the start with a short 'i'.
How to Pronounce English Numbers →
Garden vocabulary is built from the ground up: soil, root, stem, branch, leaf, bud, flower, fruit.
English Vocabulary for the Garden →

Where this word is used

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“root” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • দূরবীক্ষণ যন্ত্র, দুই চোখে দেখার দূরবিন, যন্ত্র
- • শিকড়, মূল
- • ডিস্ট্রিবিউটর (স্পার্ক প্লাগে বিদ্যুৎ বণ্টনকারী যন্ত্রাংশ)
- • প্রতিসরণ, মাধ্যম বদলালে আলোর বেঁকে যাওয়া
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শিকড়, মূল — root (noun) — শিকড়, মূল. The part of a plant that grows under the ground.
Which word is closest in meaning to “root”?
- • source
- • bonus
- • resilience
- • compost
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source — source — উৎস. The place, person or thing that something comes from.

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