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fountainhead

fountainhead noun: a spring that is the source of a river.

Noun

fountainhead (plural fountainheads)

  1. (literally) A spring that is the source of a river.
  2. (figuratively) An abundant source of knowledge, etc.

fountainhead meaning in Tamil

fountainhead in Tamil

உவன்றி

Forms of fountainhead

pluralfountainheads

Origin of fountainhead

From fountain + head.

Questions about fountainhead

What does fountainhead mean?
Fountainhead means a spring that is the source of a river.
What is fountainhead in Tamil?
Fountainhead in Tamil is உவன்றி. See Fountainhead meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fountainhead?
Fountainhead is a noun.
What is the plural of fountainhead?
The plural of fountainhead is fountainheads.

Words near fountainhead in the dictionary

  1. fountaineers
  2. Fountaines
  3. fountaingrass
  4. fountaingrasses
  5. Fountainhall
  6. fountainhead
  7. fountainheads
  8. fountaining
  9. fountainless
  10. fountainlet
  11. fountainlets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fountainhead (page history and authors); fountainhead (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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