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/fown"tn hed'/, n.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.[1575-85; FOUNTAIN + HEAD]
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Fountainhead — Orchard Hills, MD U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland Population (2000): 3844 Housing Units (2000): 1621 Land area (2000): 3.816091 sq. miles (9.883629 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000):… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Fountainhead, MD — Fountainhead Orchard Hills, MD U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland Population (2000): 3844 Housing Units (2000): 1621 Land area (2000): 3.816091 sq. miles (9.883629 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
fountainhead — n. 1. an abundant source. Syn: well, wellspring. [WordNet 1.5] 2. the source of water from which a stream arises. Syn: headspring, head. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fountainhead — “spring from which a stream flows,” 1580s, from FOUNTAIN (Cf. fountain) + HEAD (Cf. head). Figurative use is from c.1600 … Etymology dictionary
fountainhead — [n] principal source; person who originates administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, father, fount, fountain, generator, initiator, leader, maker, mother, originator, spring, wellspring; concepts 348,350 … New thesaurus
fountainhead — ► NOUN ▪ an original source … English terms dictionary
fountainhead — [foun′t n hed΄, foun′t nhed΄] n. 1. a spring that is the source of a stream 2. the original or main source of anything … English World dictionary
Fountainhead — The Fountainhead steht für: The Fountainhead, Originaltitel eines Romans von Ayn Rand (dt. Der ewige Quell, auch: Der Ursprung) The Fountainhead (Band), eine irische Band … Deutsch Wikipedia
fountainhead — foun•tain•head [[t]ˈfaʊn tnˌhɛd[/t]] n. 1) geo a spring from which a stream flows 2) a chief source: a fountainhead of information[/ex] • Etymology: 1575–85 … From formal English to slang
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills — Fountainhead Orchard Hills, MD U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland Population (2000): 3844 Housing Units (2000): 1621 Land area (2000): 3.816091 sq. miles (9.883629 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
