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Word entry · 8 letters

fountain

Best crossword clue

"Place where water sprays"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈfaʊn.tɪn/Part of speech nounSorted afinnotuStarts with FEnds with N3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water

Word origin

From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”).

Used in a sentence

  • A little fountaine became a riuer, and there was light, & the Sunne, and much water: this riuer is Eſther, whō the King married and made Queene.
  • His house is right beside that fountain on Street 15.
  • As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Place where water sprays8 letters
02Water spray feature8 letters
03Water feature8 letters

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