fountain
part of speech
noun (fountain, fountains)
meaning for a pupil
1) A fountain is a stream of water pushed up into the air, often as a decoration in a park or square. tree →
2) A drinking fountain is a device that gives a small stream of water to drink from. tree →
3) A fountain can mean a flow or rich source of something («a fountain of ideas»). tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, parks and squares have fountains; schools have drinking fountains (water fountains, or «bubblers» in Australia). In science, fountains show water pressure. Phrases: «drinking fountain», «water fountain», «fountain pen», «chocolate fountain».
examples
- We threw coins into the fountain and made a wish. tree →
- There's a drinking fountain by the playground. tree →
- The fountain shot water high into the air. tree →
- Pigeons washed in the fountain. tree →
- Dad writes with an old fountain pen. tree →
- The party had a chocolate fountain. tree →
- Don't climb in the fountain; the stones are slippery. tree →
- Not far from the fountain there lived a family of bricklayers. tree →
note
Spelling: «-tain» as in «mountain». Countable. In Australia a drinking fountain is often called a «bubbler». Not a number word.
In the corpora
- Drop Mentos into a bottle of diet cola (outside, with an adult, standing well back) and a fountain shoots up.
- Coins thrown into a wishing fountain are usually collected for charity, so they still belong to someone.
- the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
- Behold, I stand by the fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.
- And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban; and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain.
Trees and pragmatics
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