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WELLPOINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wellpoint mean?
• WELLPOINT (noun)
The noun WELLPOINT has 1 sense:
1. a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area
Familiarity information: WELLPOINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
well point; wellpoint
Hypernyms ("wellpoint" is a kind of...):
tube; tubing (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)
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