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headwater
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of HEADWATER
usually headwaters pl the beginning part of a stream <the first exploration of the Missouri River from its mouth to its headwaters was made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the early 1800s>
Related Words fountain, fountainhead, geyser, headspring, hot spring, spring, wellspring; branch, feeder, tributary
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