wellspring
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- noun
- /ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ/
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manantial
- The ancient town was built around a natural wellspring that never dried up.
- wellspring of life
Examples
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They discovered a hidden wellspring in the forest that provided fresh water.
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The village relies on the local wellspring for its drinking water every day.
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I'm not sure how, because they say that Wellspring, the town you were at, is in ruins.
Blog text (13) -
Its wellspring is a place beneath words, where the cells of this body were connected to the cells of the sun that pulsated from the center of this particular solar system.
Academic text (2001) -
It had been a wellspring, a vivifying green juice that nourished the cells in the fiber of her being.
Fiction book (2001) -
Little wonder either, given the heavy dose of toxic ideas from MittelEuropa in which lie the wellsprings of Zionism.
Blog text (23) -
But since water is the wellspring of life, we owe it to ourselves—and everyone else—to explore all we can about its strange and intriguing properties.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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A natural spring where water flows out of the ground
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A place where water from underground comes out
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A place where water comes up from the ground to supply a well
Compounds
How Abundant
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wellspring is made from the everyday words well (a place to get water) and spring (where water 'springs' up from the ground). So it literally means a natural source where water comes up to be taken.