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Language: Old English
Origin: welle

well

4 noun
     
Related topics: Food, Gas, Coal, Oil
well4 [countable]
1DFTB a deep hole in the ground from which people take water:
She lowered her bucket into the well.
2TPG an oil well
3TBB the space in a tall building where the stairs are
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