HEADSTREAM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A stream that forms the source of a river

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("headstream" is a kind of...):

stream; watercourse (a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth)

Instance hyponyms:

Blue Nile (a headstream of the Nile; joins the White Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile)

White Nile (a headstream of the Nile; joins the Blue Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile)