fountain

  • 11Fountain — (spr. Faunten), Grafschaft im Staate Indiana (Nordamerika), 18 QM.; Flüsse: Wabash River u. Coal Creek; Boden eben, mit Waldungen u. Prairien; fruchtbar; Producte: Mais, Weizen, Hafer, Steinkohlen, Eisen; der Wabash Eriekanal durchschneidet die… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 12fountain — index origination, source Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 13fountain — [n] source, often of liquid bubbler, cause, font, fount, geyser, gush, inception, inspiration, jet, lode, mainspring, mine, origin, play, provenance, provenience, pump, reservoir, root, spout, spray, spring, stream, well, wellhead, wellspring;… …

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  • 14Fountain — For other uses, see Fountain (disambiguation). the Jet d eau, in Geneva (1951), rises 140 meters (459 feet) above Lake Geneva …

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  • 15Fountain — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Fountain, signifiant fontaine en anglais, peut faire référence à : Sommaire 1 Culture 2 Personnes …

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  • 16fountain — fountained, adj. fountainless, adj. fountainlike, adj. /fown tn/, n. 1. a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream. 2. the source or origin of anything. 3. a jet or stream of water (or other liquid) made by mechanical means to… …

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  • 17fountain — foun|tain [ˈfauntın US ˈfauntn] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: fontaine, from Latin fons place where water comes out of the ground ] 1.) a structure from which water is pushed up into the air, used for example as decoration in a garden or… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18fountain — [[t]fa͟ʊntɪn[/t]] fountains 1) N COUNT A fountain is an ornamental feature in a pool or lake which consists of a long narrow stream of water that is forced up into the air by a pump. 2) N COUNT: usu N of n A fountain of a liquid is an amount of… …

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  • 19fountain */ — UK [ˈfaʊntɪn] / US [ˈfaʊnt(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms fountain : singular fountain plural fountains 1) a structure through which a stream of water is pumped into the air and falls down again The park s ornamental fountain is carved from… …

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  • 20fountain — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ drinking (esp. BrE), water (AmE) ▪ Children were queuing at the drinking fountain. ▪ Children were lining up at the water fountain. ▪ ornamental …

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