fountain

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Around the fountain was a space occupied with chairs and sofas, on which many persons were seated conversing.

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  1. noun An artificially created jet or stream of water.
  2. noun A structure, often decorative, from which a jet or stream of water issues.
  3. noun A spring, especially the source of a stream.
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  • Across from the fountain is the scruffy peeling facade of the once splendid Theatra. —  Tanith_Lee_-_The_Silver_Metal_Lover3
  • The possession of such a fountain is a token of great luxury in this dry land. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 04-05 - October-November 1999
  • Some bodyguard I raced over to the water fountain, heart thumping, wondering what in God's name had happened to her, and near the fountain was a little stand of pine trees, and there was a shape there, by one of the tree trunks. —  EQMM,August2008
  • The water from the fountain was around their ankles now and was disturbing their horses. —  And when Elric had told his three lies to Cymoril, his betrothed, and had set his ambitious cousin Yyrkoon as Regent on the Ru
  • The centre of the fountain was a marble Italian Cupid which squirted the water out of a wine-skin held under its arm. —  Collected Stories
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fountain:   fountains
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  1. Middle English, from Old French fontaine, from Late Latin fontāna, from Latin, feminine of fontānus, of a spring, from fōns, font-, spring.

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  1. from Middle English fountayne, fontayn, from Old French funtaine, fontaine, French fontaine = Provencal fontana, fontayna = Spanish Italian fontana, from Middle Latin fontana, a fountain, from Latin fon(t-)s, a fount: see fount. Cf. mount and mountain.
 

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