English Dictionary

wellhead

/ˈwɛlhɛd/

noun

The place where a spring breaks out of the ground; the source of water for a stream or well. / (figuratively) The source of something; a fountainhead. / The surface structure of an oil well etc.

The wellhead is the point where the water from the spring emerges.

意味（1）

The place where a spring breaks out of the ground; the source of water for a stream or well.

Leaue the troubled streames,

Leaue the troubled streames, And liue as Thriuers doe at the Well head.

意味（2）

(figuratively) The source of something; a fountainhead.

[H]e likened was to a welhed / Of euill words, and wicked ſclaunders by him ſhed.

意味（3）

The surface structure of an oil well etc.