Definition of fountain

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Fountain (n.) A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc..

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Castalian :: Castalian (a.) Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses..
Castellated :: Castellated (a.) Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated..
Well :: Well (v. i.) An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
Fountainless :: Fountainless (a.) Having no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water.
Emanate :: Emanate (v. i.) To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate..
Fountain :: Fountain (n.) A spring of water issuing from the earth.
Fountain :: Fountain (n.) A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc..
Reservoir :: Reservoir (n.) A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; as issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain..
Hippocrene :: Hippocrene (n.) A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration..
Staple :: Staple (n.) Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
Emanation :: Emanation (n.) The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.
Play :: Play (n.) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate; to act; as, the fountain plays..
Waterwork :: Waterwork (n.) An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..
Surge :: Surge (n.) A spring; a fountain.
Source :: Source (n.) The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain..
Pegomancy :: Pegomancy (n.) Divination by fountains.
Wellspring :: Wellspring (n.) A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.
Wellhead :: Wellhead (n.) A source, spring, or fountain..
Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration..
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