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HEADSPRING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does headspring mean?
• HEADSPRING (noun)
The noun HEADSPRING has 1 sense:
1. the source of water from which a stream arises
Familiarity information: HEADSPRING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The source of water from which a stream arises
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
fountainhead; head; headspring
Context example:
they tracked him back toward the head of the stream
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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