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wellhead

[wel-hed]
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noun
  1. a fountainhead; source.
  2. Also called wellhouse. a shelter for a well.
  3. the assemblage of equipment attached to the opening of an oil or gas well.
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adjective
  1. noting or pertaining to petroleum, natural gas, etc., at the place and time at which it leaves the ground: a wellhead price.
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Origin of wellhead

First recorded in 1300–50, wellhead is from the Middle English word welleheved. See well2, head
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  • The finest humour springs up out of a wide and a deep heart, and it always has its roots watered at a wellhead of tears.

    Samuel Rutherford

    Alexander Whyte

British Dictionary definitions for wellhead

wellhead

noun
  1. the source of a well or stream
  2. a source, fountainhead, or origin
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