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noun
- 1. an original source of something: "he was the sole fountainhead of advice"
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a decorative object made of stone, metal, etc. with a small opening that water comes out of as part of a fountain (= a decorative stream of water in a garden, lake, etc.): The yard is full of huge blue and green glazed pots, tiles, plaques and decorative fountainheads. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of FOUNTAINHEAD is a spring that is the source of a stream. How to use fountainhead in a sentence. Did you know?
Fountainhead definition: a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.. See examples of FOUNTAINHEAD used in a sentence.
noun. 1. a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream. 2. a chief source of anything. a fountainhead of information. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin. [ 1575–85; fountain + head]
Definitions of fountainhead. noun. the source of water from which a stream arises. synonyms: head, headspring. see more. noun. an abundant source. synonyms: well, wellspring. see more.
Definition of fountainhead noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define fountainhead. fountainhead synonyms, fountainhead pronunciation, fountainhead translation, English dictionary definition of fountainhead. n. 1. A spring that is the source or head of a stream. 2. A chief and copious source; an originator: "the intellectual fountainhead of the black...
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Fountainhead definition: A spring that is the source or head of a stream.
fountainhead / ˈ faʊntn̩ˌhɛd/ noun. plural fountainheads. Britannica Dictionary definition of FOUNTAINHEAD. [count] literary. : the origin or source of something. the fountainhead of the faith. FOUNTAINHEAD meaning: the origin or source of something.
