Headwater

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Headwater \Head"wa`ter\ (-w[=a]`), n.
     The source and upper part of a stream; -- commonly used in
     the plural; as, the headwaters of the Missouri.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "headwater":
     font, fount, fountain, fountainhead, head, headspring, headstream,
     headwaters, mainspring, mine, quarry, riverhead, source, spring,
     springhead, well, wellhead, wellspring