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foun·tain / ˈfountn/ • n. 1. an ornamental structure in a pool or lake from which one or more jets of water are pumped into the air. ∎ short for drinking fountain. ∎ fig. a thing that spurts or cascades into the air: little fountains of dust.2. chiefly poetic/lit. a natural spring of water. ∎  a source of a desirable quality: the government always quotes this report as the fountain of truth.• v. [intr.] spurt or cascade like a fountain: an enormous curtain of lava fountained into the sky.DERIVATIVES: foun·tained / ˈfountnd/ adj. ( poetic/lit. ).

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