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wellpoint

wellpoint

1 9.9
A pipe with small holes driven into the ground to collect underground water for pumping or draining
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : pozo de drenaje
  • The construction crew installed a wellpoint to improve drainage during the excavation.

Examples

  • Using a wellpoint, the engineers effectively lowered the water table before beginning the tunnel project.

  • To access groundwater for irrigation, they strategically placed several wellpoints across the field.

  • WellPoint, Aetna, and the rest are from now on going to be public utilities, essentially creatures of Congress and the Health and Human Services Department.

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  • She worked for him a while back, left to take a job at Wellpoint, and then, as the legislation was pending, returned to write the bill.

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  • WellPoint will pay out $94 million in rebates, but that is only 0.28% of its premium for the year.

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Synonyms

drainage well
vswellpoint
  • Specialized
1 5.5

A hole that lets extra rain or water on the ground flow into the earth

is for gathering groundwater into a perforated pipe for pumping or drainage
well point
vswellpoint
  • Specialized
7.7

A tube with small holes pushed into the ground to collect water from soil

is the one word spelling of the same perforated collection device
tube well
vswellpoint
  • Indian
4.8

A deep hole with a long metal pipe that brings water up from underground

is for collecting shallower groundwater with perforations for pumping or drainage
driven well
vswellpoint
  • Specialized
8.4

A hole made by driving a pipe into the ground to reach water

is for shallow collection with a perforated pipe for pumping or drainage

Surface Forms

wellpoint singular
wellpoints plural

Morphology

wellpoint = well + point (semi-transparent) = well + point

Formally a compound of 'well' + 'point' whose parts are clear, but the specific technical meaning 'perforated tube for groundwater' is specialized and not fully predictable by a general learner.

Etymology

The word wellpoint is made from well ('a place with water') and point ('a small tip' or 'spot'). Think of many small tips pushed into the ground that act like tiny wells to collect water, so a wellpoint is a small pipe with holes used to take out groundwater.