Fountain
noun
A decorative structure that shoots water into the air.
In the middle of the park, there is a beautiful fountain.
Often appears as...
- fountain of youth
- water fountain
noun
A small device that sprays water, often used to provide drinking water in public places.
The students lined up to drink water from the fountain after their soccer game.
Often appears as...
- drinking fountain
- school fountain
noun
A source or supply of something that is never ending or very abundant.
The library was a fountain of knowledge.
Often appears as...
- fountain of knowledge
- fountain of youth
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Approving
Literary
noun
A pen which has a reservoir of ink.
He took notes in the meeting with a fountain pen.
Often appears as...
- fountain pen ink
- buy a fountain pen
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Technical
noun
A decorative structure that shoots water into the air.
In the middle of the park, there is a beautiful fountain.
Often appears as...
- fountain of youth
- water fountain
noun
A small device that sprays water, often used to provide drinking water in public places.
The students lined up to drink water from the fountain after their soccer game.
Often appears as...
- drinking fountain
- school fountain
noun
A source or supply of something that is never ending or very abundant.
The library was a fountain of knowledge.
Often appears as...
- fountain of knowledge
- fountain of youth
Usage tips
Approving
Literary
noun
A pen which has a reservoir of ink.
He took notes in the meeting with a fountain pen.
Often appears as...
- fountain pen ink
- buy a fountain pen
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Location Specific
Fountains are often found in public places like parks or squares.
Let's meet by the fountain in the city square.
Pro Tip 2/3Notable Landmarks
Some fountains are famous and can be tourist attractions.
Tourists gathered around the Trevi Fountain to take photos.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbolic Meaning
Fountains may symbolize life or purity in literature and art.
The fountain in the novel represented the character's hope for renewal.
Pro Tip 1/3Location Specific
Fountains are often found in public places like parks or squares.
Let's meet by the fountain in the city square.
Pro Tip 2/3Notable Landmarks
Some fountains are famous and can be tourist attractions.
Tourists gathered around the Trevi Fountain to take photos.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbolic Meaning
Fountains may symbolize life or purity in literature and art.
The fountain in the novel represented the character's hope for renewal.
Pro Tip 1/3Location Specific
Fountains are often found in public places like parks or squares.
Let's meet by the fountain in the city square.
Pro Tip 2/3Notable Landmarks
Some fountains are famous and can be tourist attractions.
Tourists gathered around the Trevi Fountain to take photos.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbolic Meaning
Fountains may symbolize life or purity in literature and art.
The fountain in the novel represented the character's hope for renewal.
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New Zealand's Stunning...
and James, he was like this little fountain of little stories, telling me and giving me a much better introduction to that world. I learnt about the craft, but much more importantly I learnt about the cultural meaning of the carvings. So there’s a world that we learned in coming here called manakitanga.
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Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
so nobody expected there to be this booming oasis dream. So, they didn't give them very much water. So, Vegas is now forced to use their water very wisely. They recycle a lot of their fountains and pools, they do mandatory pool coverings, a lot of fountains are grey water, they've been taking
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The 4 stories we tell...
and the dream of doing that in this body in this world forever is the first and simplest kind of immortality story, and it might at first sound implausible, but actually, almost every culture in human history has had some myth or legend of an elixir of life or a fountain of youth
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Why we need the...
So it made a very low pass, just a few hundred kilometers above the surface. And so this, again, a real picture of the ice fountains rising up into space, absolutely beautiful. But that's not the prime candidate for life in the solar system. That's probably this place,
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What causes heartburn? -...
Reducing the consumption of certain foods, not smoking, and maintaining a healthy weight can all dramatically reduce reflux. With proper care we can help our LES’s keep the chemical fountain of our stomachs in proper order and avoid having to feel the burn.
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Stories from a home for...
Crystal's grandmother soon arrived from out of town, and they spent the remaining four months of Crystal's life enjoying very special days together. Some days were special because Crystal was outside in her wheelchair sitting by the fountain.
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The 15-minute city PIPE...
not only in the city center, in every vicinity. Health providers, shops, artisans, markets, sports, cultural life, schools, parks. Are there green areas? Are there water fountains placed to cool off
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Sharks Feasting On A...
sleeper shark a real deep-sea specialist they grow to over seven metres long and have never been filmed at such a depth before the gaping wounds and the whales fountain are its work
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Fountain Pens Are...
people who think fountain pen maintenance and repair and customizing our boring simply haven't played with it enough fountain pens are like people everyone has a unique personality
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Rediscovering ourselves...
leaves and the withered petals and the waters from your fountain and the wind left and my soul wept and said what have you done with the garden that was
Video examples
New Zealand's Stunning...
and James, he was like this little fountain of little stories, telling me and giving me a much better introduction to that world. I learnt about the craft, but much more importantly I learnt about the cultural meaning of the carvings. So there’s a world that we learned in coming here called manakitanga.
Video examples
Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
so nobody expected there to be this booming oasis dream. So, they didn't give them very much water. So, Vegas is now forced to use their water very wisely. They recycle a lot of their fountains and pools, they do mandatory pool coverings, a lot of fountains are grey water, they've been taking
Video examples
The 4 stories we tell...
and the dream of doing that in this body in this world forever is the first and simplest kind of immortality story, and it might at first sound implausible, but actually, almost every culture in human history has had some myth or legend of an elixir of life or a fountain of youth
Video examples
Why we need the...
So it made a very low pass, just a few hundred kilometers above the surface. And so this, again, a real picture of the ice fountains rising up into space, absolutely beautiful. But that's not the prime candidate for life in the solar system. That's probably this place,
Video examples
What causes heartburn? -...
Reducing the consumption of certain foods, not smoking, and maintaining a healthy weight can all dramatically reduce reflux. With proper care we can help our LES’s keep the chemical fountain of our stomachs in proper order and avoid having to feel the burn.
Video examples
Stories from a home for...
Crystal's grandmother soon arrived from out of town, and they spent the remaining four months of Crystal's life enjoying very special days together. Some days were special because Crystal was outside in her wheelchair sitting by the fountain.
Video examples
The 15-minute city PIPE...
not only in the city center, in every vicinity. Health providers, shops, artisans, markets, sports, cultural life, schools, parks. Are there green areas? Are there water fountains placed to cool off
Video examples
Sharks Feasting On A...
sleeper shark a real deep-sea specialist they grow to over seven metres long and have never been filmed at such a depth before the gaping wounds and the whales fountain are its work
Video examples
Fountain Pens Are...
people who think fountain pen maintenance and repair and customizing our boring simply haven't played with it enough fountain pens are like people everyone has a unique personality
Video examples
Rediscovering ourselves...
leaves and the withered petals and the waters from your fountain and the wind left and my soul wept and said what have you done with the garden that was
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Quote examples
George Edward Moore
English Philosopher
The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.
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Lee Daniels
American Actor
I drank from colored water fountains and from the white water fountain just to see what it was like when I was a kid. What shocks me is that these kids today don't realize that this happened in many of our lifetimes.
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Sophia Loren
Italian Actress
There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
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John Jewel
English Clergyman
But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue for ever, and never have an end.
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Nan Fairbrother
English Writer
The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.
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Christopher Meloni
American Actor
If I could only get people to rub my belly for good lucky and then throw money in my fountain, it'd be a perfect world.
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Lucretius
Roman Poet
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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George William Russell
Irish Writer
The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws from his own fountain.
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Michelangelo
Italian Artist
From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.
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Joseph Franklin Rutherford
American Clergyman
The Bible is the fountain of truth.
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George Edward Moore
English Philosopher
The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.
Quote examples
Lee Daniels
American Actor
I drank from colored water fountains and from the white water fountain just to see what it was like when I was a kid. What shocks me is that these kids today don't realize that this happened in many of our lifetimes.
Quote examples
Sophia Loren
Italian Actress
There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
Quote examples
John Jewel
English Clergyman
But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue for ever, and never have an end.
Quote examples
Nan Fairbrother
English Writer
The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.
Quote examples
Christopher Meloni
American Actor
If I could only get people to rub my belly for good lucky and then throw money in my fountain, it'd be a perfect world.
Quote examples
Lucretius
Roman Poet
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
Quote examples
George William Russell
Irish Writer
The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws from his own fountain.
Quote examples
Michelangelo
Italian Artist
From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.
Quote examples
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
American Clergyman
The Bible is the fountain of truth.
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