[
UK
/fˈaʊnt/
]
NOUN
- a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
How To Use fount In A Sentence
- There is a fine square here called Madison, in the centre of which trees rise from fountain-watered grass, and statued figures of people who were men in their day and did things, palatial buildings, dignifying commerce, form the square. Impressions of a War Correspondent
- She huffed, stood up, arched her back in a heavyweight stretch, turned to the fountain and started in on a long, long drink.
- I went to the fountain and saw varieties of water plants like water lilies and duckweed.
- Spray the fountain, then fire a rocket at the Bowlarama.
- There were floating candles that decorated the pool and the fountain, as well as ornamental flowers arrangements.
- Even when the fountain was working properly it was frequently full of soap suds or discoloured because someone had put something into the water.
- They walked out of the fountain room together, still cheerfully chatting.
- I am now a fount of knowledge about this wondrous organisation.
- The dominant conifers are Abies faxoniana, Picea asperata, P. wilsoni and purple-coned spruce P. purpurea (which is also being planted) with a sub-canopy of Betula albo-sinensisB. utilis, low Acer spp. and fountain bamboo Fargesia/Sinarundinaria nitida which suffered a major die-off after flowering in the 1970s and early 1980s, Fargesia denudata and F. chinensis. Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area, China
- Having proved myself the fount of all world knowledge, I returned Lisa to Brighton on Tuesday evening, in time for our 7 month anniversary on Wednesday, a landmark we celebrated with a visit to the drive-thru McDonalds.