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US
/ˈfaʊntən/
]
[ UK /fˈaʊntɪn/ ]
[ UK /fˈaʊntɪn/ ]
NOUN
- an artificially produced flow of water
- a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
- a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
- a natural flow of ground water
How To Use fountain 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.
- 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
- To finish off the breathtaking site, a fountain of stone stood in the center, water gently cascading down the rock in the center.
- ( "Some will rob you with a six-gun/Some with a fountain pen," go the words to Woody Guthrie's ballad "Pretty Boy Floyd.") Richard B. Woodward: Bernard Madoff and Anton Chigurh: the Con Man as Serial Killer