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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  fountainhead \fountainhead\ n.
     1. an abundant source.
  
     Syn: well, wellspring.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. the source of water from which a stream arises.
  
     Syn: headspring, head.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  fountainhead
       n 1: an abundant source; "she was a well of information" [syn: well,
             wellspring]
       2: the source of water from which a stream arises; "they
          tracked him back toward the head of the stream" [syn: headspring,
           head]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fountainhead
     n.
     1 A spring that is the source of a river.
     2 An abundant source of knowledge, etc.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  fountainhead
     n.
     1 A spring that is the source of a river.
     2 An abundant source of knowledge, etc.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  fountainhead
     n.
     1 A spring that is the source of a river.
     2 An abundant source of knowledge, etc.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  fountainhead
     n.
     1 A spring that is the source of a river.
     2 An abundant source of knowledge, etc.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Fountainhead /fˈaʊntɪnhˌɛd/
  المنبع

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fountainhead /fˈaʊntɪnhˌɛd/
  Urquell , Urquelle 
     Synonym: wellspring
  
   see: fountainheads
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  fountainhead /fˈaʊntɪnhˌɛd/
  
  κεφαλάρι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  fountainhead /fˈaʊntɪnhˌɛd/ 
  1. alkulähde
  a spring that is the source of a river
  2. lähde
  an abundant source of knowledge, etc.

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :   [ gazetteer2k-places ]

  Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland
     Population (2000):    3844
     Housing Units (2000): 1621
     Land area (2000):     3.816091 sq. miles (9.883629 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    3.816091 sq. miles (9.883629 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            29712
     Located within:       Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
     Location:             39.682933 N, 77.716526 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD
      Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
      Fountainhead, MD
      Fountainhead
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "fountainhead":
     font, fount, fountain, head, headspring, headstream, headwater,
     headwaters, inception, mainspring, mine, origin, provenance,
     provenience, quarry, riverhead, root, source, spring, springhead,
     well, wellhead, wellspring, whence
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 水源,源,本源;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 水源,源,本源

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