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WELLHEAD

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• 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.

• WELLHEAD (noun)

Sense 1

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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

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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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