EGAVE

fount

About 0.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun A device from which poultry may drink; a waterer.
  3. noun That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source.
    He is a real fount of knowledge!
  4. noun Archaic spelling of font.
  5. verb Alternative form of found (past tense of find)

Similar words

fountain face typeface font snowmelt smelting melt melting sink source

Often followed by

of and from is in paperbacks for was that

Word family

founts

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