HyperDic: headwater

English > 1 sense of the word *headwater*:
NOUN	location	headwater	the source of a river

headwater > pronunciation
Sounds	hheh'dwao.ter
Rhymes	abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter...

English > *headwater*: 1 sense > noun 1, location
Meaning	The source of a river.
Example	"the headwaters of the Nile"
Broader	beginning, origin, root, rootage, source	The place where something begins, where it springs into being