A well is an artificial excavation, hole or structure for the purpose of withdrawing an underground resource, usually water
Well may also refer to:
Structures Used for resource extraction Castle well, providing a protected source of drinking water Oil well, a hole drilled through the Earth's surface for the purpose of extracting petroleum oil Salt well, or brine well, used to mine salt Well drainage of agricultural land by pumped wells Khajana well, well near Beed, India
Other structures Air well (condenser), a structure or device designed to promote the condensation of atmospheric moisture Clootie well, a place of pilgrimage in Celtic areas Holy well, often pagan sacred sites that were later Christianized Jacob's Well, of religious significance in the West Bank Lightwell, in architecture, an unroofed space designed to allow sunlight to reach interior areas Wishing well, a term from European folklore
Places Well, Hampshire, England Well, Lincolnshire, a village in England Well, North Yorkshire, a village in England Well, Gelderland, Netherlands Well, Limburg, a village in the Netherlands Well (Chinese constellation)
Arts, entertainment, and media Music Albums Well..., by Katey Sagal, 1994 ...Well?, by Swell, 1991
Songs "Well", by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band from Trout Mask Replica, 1969 "Well", by Little Richard from The Explosive Little Richard, 1967 "Well...", by Hayley Kiyoko from Panorama, 2022 "Well (Baby Please Don't Go)", by The Olympics, 1998
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media Well (play), 2004 play by Lisa Kron Well (film), 2016 Hungarian film
Science and technology Well, the condition of having a high level of well-being Well, good health Gravity well or gravitational, a conceptual model of the gravitational field surrounding a body in space Potential well, a concept used in physics related to kinetic energy Quantum well, a potential well with only discrete energy values Well, a microtiter plate, used in chemistry and biochemistry
Other uses Well drink, an alcoholic beverage made with liquor from a bartender's well Well Pharmacy, a British pharmacy chain The WELL, originally Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, a virtual community "The Well", a nickname for the Scottish football team Motherwell F.C. The well of the court, part of the courtroom in some countries
See also The Well (disambiguation) Wellness (disambiguation) WELL (disambiguation) Wells (disambiguation)