wellspring

well·spring  (wlsprng)

n.

1. The source of a stream or spring.

2. A source: a wellspring of ideas.

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wellspring [ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ]

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) the source of a spring or stream; fountainhead

2. a source of continual or abundant supply

[Old English welspryng, wylspring; see well², spring]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wellspring - the source of water for a well wellhead origin, source, root, rootage, beginning - the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
	2.	wellspring - an abundant source; "she was a well of information" fountainhead, well source - a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story"

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wellspring

noun

fountainhead, source, origin, fount, wellhead Nature has always been the wellspring of her art.

Translations

wellspring [ˈwelˌsprɪŋ] N (fig) → fuente f