Wellspring

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The source of a stream or spring.
  • n. A source: a wellspring of ideas.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
  • n. A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A water-source; a fountainhead; a living spring.
  • n. Hence Figuratively, a perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or of emanation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the source of water for a well
  • n. an abundant source
  • Hypernym
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    beginning    rootage    source    root    origin   
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    fountain    spring   
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