fountain
noun
a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
fountain-like
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a word derived from
fountain.
Example Sentences
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As they spoke beneath a tent, water gushed into the pond behind them, creating a fountain-like upwelling in the wind-rippled surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
The fountain-like circle-clump that opens the Wheeldon also opens the Peck and appears in the Pires.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
A fountain-like form in the central rotunda, “me + you” by Suchi Reddy, solicits thoughts on the future from visitors and translates them into one-of-a-kind color and light patterns.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2021
Leaping up out of a jar in an arc before falling to the floor, the fountain-like motion of a chain of beads has puzzled millions around the world with its apparently gravity-defying behavior.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 15, 2014
Over this shaded and mixed colour for the space of three feet was stencilled a fountain-like pattern in cream-white, the arches of the pattern rilled in with almost a lace-work of design.
From Principles of Home Decoration With Practical Examples by Wheeler, Candace
