fountain
noun
a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
fountains
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pluralof fountain.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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From there, doors lead outside to a patio surrounded by fountains, allowing the indoor living areas to flow directly into the grounds.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Skopje is a city of statues, two or three hundred of them apparently, great big things in squares and in fountains commemorating tsars and dames, emperors and warriors, royalty and revolutionaries.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Outside, fountains and gardens surround a tennis court and 60-foot tiled pool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Did free chips and salsa, with nacho cheese fountains, not make the cut?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
They just walked over the mountains and showed up to sleep in the town squares of Italian villages, washing their clothes in the fountains and begging up and down the porticoes.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
