Usually means: Source from which something originates.
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  1. wellspring: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wellspring: Merriam-Webster
  3. wellspring: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wellspring: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. wellspring: Collins English Dictionary
  6. wellspring: Vocabulary.com
  7. Wellspring, wellspring: Wordnik
  8. wellspring: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. wellspring: Wiktionary
  10. wellspring: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. wellspring: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. wellspring: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. wellspring: Dictionary.com
  14. Wellspring: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Wellspring: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. wellspring: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. wellspring: Rhymezone
  18. Wellspring: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. wellspring: FreeDictionary.org
  20. wellspring: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. wellspring: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. wellspring: Legal dictionary

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  1. wellspring: Encyclopedia

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  1. wellspring: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. wellspring: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
▸ noun:  (figurative) A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource.

Similar:
fountainhead, wellhead, well, headspring, headwaters, origin, upspring, beginning, root, parent, more...

Opposite:
sinkhole, abyss, void, emptiness

Types:
fountain, spring, geyser, artesiwell, more...

Adjectives:
deep, very, same, inexhaustible, great, creative, inner, spiritual, true, divine, major

Colors:
    turquoise,     aqua,     teal,     cerulean,     sky blue, more...



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Similar:
fountainhead, wellhead, well, headspring, headwaters, origin, upspring, beginning, root, parent, more...

Opposite:
sinkhole, abyss, void, emptiness

Types:
fountain, spring, geyser, artesiwell, more...

Adjectives:
deep, very, same, inexhaustible, great, creative, inner, spiritual, true, divine, major

Colors:
    turquoise,     aqua,     teal,     cerulean,     sky blue, more...



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