Fountainhead

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A spring that is the source or head of a stream.
  • n. A chief and copious source; an originator: "the intellectual fountainhead of the black conservativesā€ ( Jerrold K. Footlick).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a spring that is the source of a river
  • n. an abundant source of knowledge, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. an abundant source.
  • n. the source of water from which a stream arises.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A fountain or spring from which a stream of water flows; the head or source of a stream; hence, primary source in general; original.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an abundant source
  • n. the source of water from which a stream arises
  • Hypernym
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    source    beginning    rootage    root    origin   
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    well    wellspring   
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