Well, watering place, spring

Definition

= hole in the ground that reaches underground water; ◄ usually manmade, dug out of the ground, or hewn from rock, but may also be naturally-occurring; ► used for accessing, collecting and storing water; used by shepherds as a source of water for their animals; ≈ regarded as a source of life because of its water; sometimes used as a metaphor for a woman, possibly based on the physical resemblance of the well to the vagina and its connotation as a source of life