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Fountain

Foun′tain

(foun′tĭn)
,
Noun.
[F.
fontaine
, LL.
fontana
, fr. L.
fons
,
fontis
. See 2d
Fount
.]
1.
A spring of water issuing from the earth.
2.
An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament.
3.
A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use;
as, the ink
fountain
in a printing press, etc.
4.
The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.
Judea, the
fountain
of the gospel.
Fuller.
Author of all being,
Fountain
of light, thyself invisible.
Milton.
Air fountain
.
See under
Air
.
Fountain heead
,
primary source; original; first principle.
Young.
Fountain inkstand
,
an inkstand having a continual supply of ink, as from elevated reservoir.
Fountain lamp
,
a lamp fed with oil from an elevated reservoir.
Fountain pen
,
a pen with a reservoir in the handle which furnishes a supply of ink.
Fountain pump
.
(a)
A structure for a fountain, having the form of a pump.
(b)
A portable garden pump which throws a jet, for watering plants, etc.
Fountain shell
(Zool.)
,
the large West Indian conch shell (
Strombus gigas
).
Fountain of youth
,
a mythical fountain whose waters were fabled to have the property of renewing youth.

Definition 2024


Fountain

Fountain

See also: fountain

English

Proper noun

Fountain

  1. A ghost town in California.
  2. A city in Colorado.
  3. A village in Michigan.
  4. A town in Minnesota.
  5. A town in North Carolina.
  6. A town in Wisconsin.

fountain

fountain

See also: Fountain

English

A fountain in Stockholm, Sweden.

Noun

fountain (plural fountains)

  1. (originally) A spring, natural source of water.
  2. An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
  3. The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
  4. A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
  5. A source, origin of a flow (e.g. of favors, of knowledge).
  6. A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that thows it.
  7. (heraldry) A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
  8. (US) A soda fountain.

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Verb

fountain (third-person singular simple present fountains, present participle fountaining, simple past and past participle fountained)

  1. (intransitive) To flow or gush as if from a fountain.
    Lava fountained from the volcano.
    • Tom Reamy, Blind Voices
      The fireflies swept toward him from all directions, in streams and rivers and currents of light, a vortex a hundred yards across, spiraling into the brighter center. They met over his supine body like ocean breakers, cascading, fountaining into the air.

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References

  1. fountain” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.