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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an abundant source;
- Example: "she was a well of information"
[syn: well, wellspring, fountainhead]

2. the source of water from which a stream arises;
- Example: "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
[syn: fountainhead, headspring, head]


The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]
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
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland Population (2000): 3844 Housing Units (2000): 1621 Land area (2000): 3.816091 sq. miles (9.883629 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.816091 sq. miles (9.883629 sq. km) FIPS code: 29712 Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24 Location: 39.682933 N, 77.716526 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD Fountainhead-Orchard Hills Fountainhead, MD Fountainhead