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:
verb
To flow or cause to flow like a fountain.
American Heritage

To flow or gush as if from a fountain.

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Other Word Forms of Fountain

Noun

Singular:
fountain
Plural:
fountains

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

  • From Middle English; from Old French fontaine (=modern); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“spring, source”)

    From Wiktionary

Fountain Sentence Examples

  • Damian crossed his arms and leaned against the wall around the trickling fountain at his back.

  • In the center of the chamber was a small fountain whose waters had long gone dry.

  • Why would he take the fountain pen?

  • She looked at the stone dagger and then at the fountain uneasily.

  • She set the knife down on the edge and circled the fountain again until she'd reviewed all three of the pictographs where the female figure held a dagger.

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Words Starting With

FFOFOU

Words Ending With

NINAIN

Unscrambles

fountain

Words Starting With F and Ending With N

Starts With F & Ends With NStarts With FO & Ends With NStarts With F & Ends With IN

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With F8 Letter Words Ending With N