fountain

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Synonyms: mountain, contain, fountaine, courtain, count in, fountains, fontan, lafountain, fontein, mountin

Antonyms: mountain, contain, fountaine, courtain, count in, fountains, fontan, lafountain, fontein, mountin

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|originally}} A [[natural#Adjective|natural]] [[source#Noun|source]] of [[water#Noun|water]]; a [[spring#Noun|spring]].
2. An [[artificial]], usually [[ornamental]], water [[feature#Noun|feature]] (usually in a [[garden#Noun|garden]] or public place) consisting of one or more [[stream#Noun|streams]] of water originating from a [[statue]] or other [[structure#Noun|structure]].
3. The structure from which an artificial fountain can [[issue#Verb|issue]].
4. A [[reservoir]] from which [[liquid]] can be [[draw]]n.
5. {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[source]] or [[origin]] of a [[flow#Noun|flow]] (e.g., of [[favor#Noun|favors]] or [[knowledge]]).
6. {{lb|en|heraldiccharge}} A [[roundel]] [[barry]] [[wavy]] [[argent]] and [[azure]].
7. {{lb|en|juggling}} A [[juggling]] [[pattern#Noun|pattern]] typically done with an [[even#Adjective|even]] number of [[prop]]s where each prop is caught by the same [[hand#Noun|hand]] that [[throw#Verb|throws]] it.
8. {{lb|en|US}} A [[soda fountain]].
9. {{lb|en|US}} A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
10. A ground-based [[firework]] that projects [[spark]]s similar to a water fountain.
11. {{lb|en|figurative}} Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[flow]] or [[gush]] as if from a fountain.

Proper noun

1. A [[placename]]:
2. {{surname|en|[[topographic]]}}.

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