foun|tain

foun|tain
foun|tain «FOWN tuhn», noun, verb.
–n.
1. water flowing or rising into the air in a spray: »

The droplets of the fountain created a gleaming spray in the sunlight.

2. the pipes through which this water is forced and the basin that receives it: »

A beautiful stone fountain was set in the middle of the garden.

3. a spring of water: »

The fountain where the animals drank bubbled up from the ground under a stone.

4. a place to get a drink: »

a drinking fountain, a soda fountain.

5. Figurative. a source; origin: »

He found that his father was a fountain of information about football.

6. a container to hold a steady supply of ink, oil, or other liquid similarly used.
–v.i.
to jet, spray, or flow as water from a fountain: »

Spray fountained high and wide, and the first damp patch spread over a knee of my trousers (Manchester Guardian).

╂[< Old French fontaine < Late Latin fontāna, (originally) feminine of fontānus of a spring < Latin fōns, fontis spring]
–foun´tain|less, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • foun|tain|head — «FOWN tuhn HEHD», noun. 1. the source of a stream; fountain or spring from which a stream flows. 2. Figurative. an original source of anything: »Latin is the fountainhead of the Romance languages …   Useful english dictionary

  • foun|tain|ous — «FOWN tuh nuhs», adjective. 1. of, like, or having to do with a fountain. 2. containing fountains or springs of water …   Useful english dictionary

  • foun·tain — /ˈfaʊntn̩/ noun, pl tains [count] 1 a : a device or structure that sends a stream of water into the air in a garden, park, etc. an elaborate marble fountain The crowd gathered around the fountain in the plaza …   Useful english dictionary

  • foun·tain·head — /ˈfaʊntn̩ˌhɛd/ noun, pl heads [count] literary : the origin or source of something the fountainhead of the faith …   Useful english dictionary

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  • tain — ap·per·tain; as·cer·tain; as·cer·tain·a·ble; as·cer·tain·ment; at·tain; at·tain·a·bil·i·ty; at·tain·a·ble; at·tain·a·ble·ness; at·tain·der; at·tain·ment; cap·tain·cy; cap·tain·ess; cap·tain·ly; cap·tain·ry; cap·tain·ship; cer·tain·ly;… …   English syllables

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