drinking fountain
noun
a water fountain that ejects a jet of water for drinking without a cup.
drinking fountains
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pluralof drinking fountain.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Designed to blend into the historic Baroque park, they are notable for their curved ceramic facades, daylight from skylights, accessibility features, drinking fountains -- and free use.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Visitors are being advised to drink only bottled water or from safe sources such as Scottish Water drinking fountains.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
He has set up 29 drinking fountains on his land so fewer migrants will die of dehydration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024
“On campus there were no ‘colored’ or ‘white’ signs on the drinking fountains or bathroom doors,” General Cooper wrote in a reminiscence published in Notre Dame magazine in 2014.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2024
He put them over the drinking fountains, and on every classroom door, and on the fire escape doors, and on the walls of the stairwells.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
