fountainhead

3 definitions found

fountainhead - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  fountainhead \fountainhead\ n.
     1. an abundant source.
  
     Syn: well, wellspring.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. the source of water from which a stream arises.
  
     Syn: headspring, head.
          [WordNet 1.5]

fountainhead - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fountainhead
      n 1: an abundant source; "she was a well of information" [syn:
           well, wellspring, fountainhead]
      2: the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked
         him back toward the head of the stream" [syn: fountainhead,
         headspring, head]

fountainhead - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "fountainhead":
     font, fount, fountain, head, headspring, headstream, headwater,
     headwaters, inception, mainspring, mine, origin, provenance,
     provenience, quarry, riverhead, root, source, spring, springhead,
     well, wellhead, wellspring, whence