fountain
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A natural source of water; a spring.
- 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.
- The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
- A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
- A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).
- A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
- A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
- A soda fountain.
- A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
- A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
- Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.
Verb
- To flow or gush as if from a fountain.
Proper noun
- A placename: A ghost town in Mendocino County, California, United States.
- A placename: A city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, named after Fountain Creek (Arkansas River tributary).
- A placename: An unincorporated community in Bay County, Florida, United States.
- A placename: An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Illinois, United States.
- A placename: A city in Fountain County, Indiana, United States, USA formerly known as Portland.
- A placename: A village in Mason County, Michigan, United States.
- A placename: A city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States.
- A placename: A town in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States.
- A placename: An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
- A placename: A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A topographic surname.
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