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fount

Pronunciation: /faʊnt/

The English word “fount” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring.
  2. A device from which poultry may drink; a waterer.
  3. That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source.

Etymology

Clipping of fountain, on the pattern of the pair mount, mountain.

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