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Fountain
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- 1 A placename:; A ghost town in Mendocino County, California, United States. countable, uncountable
- 2 A placename:; A city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, named after Fountain Creek (Arkansas River tributary). countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename:; An unincorporated community in Bay County, Florida, United States. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename:; An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Illinois, United States. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename:; A city in Fountain County, Indiana, United States, USA formerly known as Portland. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename:; A village in Mason County, Michigan, United States. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename:; A city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename:; A town in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States. countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename:; An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename:; A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable
- 11 A topographic surname. countable, uncountable
- 1 A natural source of water; a spring.
"A little fountaine became a riuer, and there was light, & the Sunne, and much water: this riuer is Eſther, whō the King married and made Queene."
- 2 a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water wordnet
- 3 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.
"His house is right beside that fountain on Street 15."
- 4 an artificially produced flow of water wordnet
- 5 The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
"As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note."
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- 6 a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises wordnet
- 7 A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
"They heard her rouse the sleeping servant, and with her enter the kitchen; then the noise of a fire being lighted and the fountain being filled came to the watchers."
- 8 a natural flow of ground water wordnet
- 9 A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge). figuratively
"Nothing will pleaſe ſome Men, but Books ſtuff’d with Antiquity, groaning under the weight of Learned Quotations drawn from the Fountains: And what is all this but Pilfering."
- 10 A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
"Crest : A boar's head couped gold semy of fountains armed gules. Motto : REMIS VELISQUE. Granted by the College of Arms 1966."
- 11 A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
- 12 A soda fountain. US
"He takes out a soup bowl, fills it with Pepsi from the fountain, and places it carefully on the counter in front of the boy. “That'll be a quarter,” he says professionally."
- 13 A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into. US
- 14 A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
- 15 Anything that resembles a fountain in operation. figuratively
"Travellers over the London & North Western main line in bygone days will need no reminder of the pattering of cinders on the carriage roofs, the fountains of sparks from the chimneys at night and the distance from which the exhaust of approaching locomotives could be heard, due to the fierceness of their blast in such conditions."
- 1 To flow or gush as if from a fountain. intransitive
"Lava fountained from the volcano."
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”).
From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”).
Topographic surname for someone who lived near a fountain, spring or well.
See also for "fountain"
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