Definitions for wellhead

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wellhead well·head

Spelling: [wel-hed]

IPA: /ˈwɛlˌhɛd/

Wellhead is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in wellhead (adeehllw).

Definitions for wellhead

noun

1. a fountainhead; source.
2. Also called wellhouse. a shelter for a well.
3. the assemblage of equipment attached to the opening of an oil or gas well.

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to petroleum, natural gas, etc., at the place and time at which it leaves the ground:

Origin of wellhead

First recorded in 1300-50, wellhead is from the Middle English word welleheved. See well², head

Examples for wellhead

The finest humour springs up out of a wide and a deep heart, and it always has its roots watered at a wellhead of tears.

Unless debris knocked off a wellhead, the oil and gas is safely locked inside.