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WELLHEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wellhead mean?
• WELLHEAD (noun)
The noun WELLHEAD has 2 senses:
1. the source of water for a well
2. a structure built over a well
Familiarity information: WELLHEAD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The source of water for a well
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
wellhead; wellspring
Hypernyms ("wellhead" is a kind of...):
beginning; origin; root; rootage; source (the place where something begins, where it springs into being)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A structure built over a well
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wellhead" is a kind of...):
construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)
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