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    Fountain

    Definitions

    1 | noun | a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises 2 | noun | a natural flow of ground water 3 | noun | an artificially produced flow of water 4 | noun | a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water

    Pronunciation

    f'ountuhn (IPA: fˈaʊntən)

    Hyphenation

    foun-tain (8 letters | 2 syllables)

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    First known use in English

    1410 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (615 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old French | Latin

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    fountains

    Synonyms

    natural spring | outflow | outpouring | spring | jet | fount (total: 6)

    Narrower terms

    bubbler | drinking fountain | water fountain | Fountain of Youth | geyser | hot spring | thermal spring (total: 7)

    Broader terms

    construction | structure | formation | geological formation | flow | flowing | plumbing fixture (total: 7)

    Rhymes

    mountain (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    mountain

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    fountain grass | fountain pen | soda fountain

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 噴泉 (noun) Hindi: | झरना (noun) Arabic: | نافورَة (noun) Spanish: | fuente (water) French: | fontaine (water)

    Other notable uses

    Fountain (US population: 20190 people, white: 62%)

    Fountain County (Indiana, United States)

    Fountain (Colorado, 29802 people) | Fountain (Wisconsin, 592 people) | Fountain (Minnesota, 409 people) | Fountain (North Carolina, 385 people) | Fountain (Michigan, 170 people) | ... (total: 18)

    The Fountain (Charles Langbridge Morgan)

    Three Coins in the Fountain | The Fountain

    fountain.com | fountain.org

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Middle of a square, maybe | Plaza feature (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    11 (International English) | 11 (North American English)

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