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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the source of water for a well;
[syn: wellhead, wellspring]

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


The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]
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