HEADSPRING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The source of water from which a stream arises

Example:

they tracked him back toward the head of the stream

Synonyms:

fountainhead; head; headspring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("headspring" is a kind of...):

beginning; origin; root; rootage; source (the place where something begins, where it springs into being)

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