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• a facility where something is available

  hypernym	facilityinstallation
  hyponym	Golcondagold minegoldmine

• anything that provides inspiration for later work

  synonym	germseed
  hypernym	inspiration
  hyponym	musetaproot

• a document (or organization) from which information is obtained

  hypernym	documentpaperswritten document
  hyponym	fountainheadsource materialswellwellspring

• a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

  synonym	reference
  hypernym	publication

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being

  synonym	beginningoriginrootrootage
  hypernym	point
  hyponym	birthplacecradlederivationfountainheadheadheadspringheadwaterhomejumping-off placeplace of originpoint of departurepoint sourceprovenanceproveniencespringtrail headtrailheadwellheadwellspring

• anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

  synonym	reservoir
  hypernym	thing

• someone who originates or causes or initiates something

  synonym	authorgenerator
  hypernym	makershaper
  hyponym	coiner

• a person who supplies information

  synonym	informant
  hypernym	communicator
  hyponym	betrayerblabberinformerleakerpassive sourceratsquealerwhistle blowerwhistle-blowerwhistleblower

• (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

  antonym	sink
  domain topic	applied scienceengineeringengineering sciencetechnology
  hypernym	actionactivitynatural actionnatural process
  hyponym	origin

• specify the origin of

  hypernym

  document

• get (a product) from another country or business

  hypernym	obtain
  hyponym	outsource