Fountain Definition
fountən
fountains
noun
fountains
A natural spring of water.
Webster's New World
A structure, often decorative, from which a jet or stream of water issues.
American Heritage
The source or beginning of a stream.
Webster's New World
An artificial spring, jet, or flow of water.
Webster's New World
The basin, pipes, etc. where this flows.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- drugstore fountain
- ice-cream-parlor
- soda bar
- bar
- soda-fountain
- natural spring
- outpouring
- outflow
- spring
- jet
- fount
- wellspring
- well
- stream
- spray
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verb
To flow or cause to flow like a fountain.
American Heritage
Origin of Fountain
Middle English from Old French fontaine from Late Latin fontāna from Latin feminine of fontānus of a spring from fōns font- spring
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English; from Old French fontaine (=modern); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“spring, source”)
From Wiktionary
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