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In some senses, fountainhead is marked as figuratively, literally. Watch for register when choosing this word.
fountainhead
noun 2
Collocations
2VERB + FOUNTAINHEAD
came
PREP.
up, upon
Definitions
noun
1
A spring that is the source of a river.
2
An abundant source of knowledge, etc.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an abundant source
- well
- wellspring
noun — the source of water from which a stream arises
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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He's the fountainhead.
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Some bat species are well-known reservoirs of the coronavirus family and leading candidates for SARS-CoV-2 fountainhead.
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Some species of bat are well-known reservoirs of the coronavirus family and leading candidates for SARS-CoV-2 fountainhead.
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We came upon a fountainhead and filled up the water bottles.
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