fountain

Meaning

Noun

1. A natural source of water; a spring.
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 or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).
6. A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
7. A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
8. A soda fountain.
9. A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
10. A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
11. Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.

Verb

To flow or gush as if from a fountain.

Concepts

fountain

spring

source

well

fount

jet

stream

cascade

wellspring

waterfall

artesian well

natural spring

fountainhead

spout

outflow

outpouring

wellhead

source of water

spring of water

font

water source

miniature lake

generating cause

jet d’eau

jet of water

conduit

derivation

origin

origination

parent

rise

feed-water injector

sprinkling machine

spray fountain

spray pond

water skip

flowing well

waterspout fountain

spurt

cause

reference

root

ray

shower

shower bath

showerhead

spray

geyser

river

money

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfaʊn.tn̩/

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”).