wellhead

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Alternative forms

• well-head

Etymology

From well +‎ head.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈwɛlhɛd/

Noun

wellhead (plural wellheads)

1. The place where a spring breaks out of the ground; the source of water for a stream or well.
2. (figuratively) The source of something; a fountainhead.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.9:

     he likened was to a welhed / Of evill words, and wicked sclaunders by him shed.

3. The surface structure of an oil well etc.