foun|tain|head

foun|tain|head
foun|tain|head «FOWN tuhn HEHD», noun.
1. the source of a stream; fountain or spring from which a stream flows.
2. Figurative. an original source of anything: »

Latin is the fountainhead of the Romance languages.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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