Wellhead

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈwÉ›lhÉ›d/

Alternative forms

• well-head

Origin

From well + head.

Full definition of wellhead

Noun

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.