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Fountainhead

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Noun

1. fountainhead, well, wellspring

an abundant source

Example Sentences:
'she was a well of information'

2. fountainhead, head, headspring

the source of water from which a stream arises

Example Sentences:
'they tracked him back toward the head of the stream'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Fountainhead

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noun
1. 
a spring that is the source of a stream
2. 
a principal or original source

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Fountainhead

see synonyms of fountainhead
noun
1. 
a spring that is the source of a stream
2. 
the original or main source of anything

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Fountainhead

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n.
1. A spring that is the source or head of a stream.
2. A chief and copious source; an originator: "the intellectual fountainhead of the black conservatives" (Jerrold K. Footlick).

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