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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The source of a stream or spring.
  2. n. A source: a wellspring of ideas.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A water-source; a fountainhead; a living spring.
  2. n. Hence Figuratively, a perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or of emanation.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
  2. n. A source of something.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the source of water for a well
  2. n. an abundant source

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  • jennarenn ...of the joy of living.... Nov 15, 2007

‘wellspring’ has been looked up 1041 times, loved by 1 person, added to 12 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 16.