wellspring

3 definitions found

wellspring - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wellspring \Well"spring`\, n.
     A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that
           hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly. --Prov.
                                                    xvi. 22.
     [1913 Webster]

wellspring - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wellspring
      n 1: the source of water for a well [syn: wellhead,
           wellspring]
      2: an abundant source; "she was a well of information" [syn:
         well, wellspring, fountainhead]

wellspring - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "wellspring":
     bonanza, cornucopia, font, fount, fountain, fountainhead,
     gold mine, headspring, headstream, headwater, inception, lode,
     mainspring, mine, origin, provenance, provenience, quarry,
     resource, riverhead, root, source, source of supply, spring,
     springhead, staple, vein, well, wellhead