fountainhead: Meaning and Definition of

foun•tain•head

Pronunciation: (foun'tn-hed"), [key]
— 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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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