Wellspring

3 definitions found

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

  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.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

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

  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