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WELL POINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does well point mean? 

WELL POINT (noun)
  The noun WELL POINT has 1 sense:

1. a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding areaplay

  Familiarity information: WELL POINT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WELL POINT (noun)


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 ("well point" 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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