Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
fountain
IPA transcription: [f'aʊntən]
Pronunciations of fountain
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
fountain
Meaning:
a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
Usage examples
Like a summer-dried fountain
Boiardo thus describes the fountain of hatred:
There is the tall lily in the fountain that nods to the sun.
Sorrow was slowly sapping the fountain of her darling's youth.
On the sixth appeared a long narrow box containing a fountain pen.
Then he arose, appearing as if he had been drinking at the fountain of gladness.
The gypsy returned to the fountain, and addressing once more the image of Zizi, she said:
He retreated a little way to a marble seat beside the fountain, but watched the strangers carefully.
Night was far advanced when I came to the halfway resting-place and seated myself beside the fountain.
But just then a Voice exclaimed: "Here's another of them, Tubekins, lying in the water of the fountain."
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Pope Clement I
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Xanadu Houses
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