fount
11fount — [1] ► NOUN 1) a source of a desirable quality. 2) literary a spring or fountain. ORIGIN from FOUNTAIN(Cf. ↑fountain) …
12fount — UK [faʊnt] / US noun [countable] Word forms fount : singular fount plural founts literary a fountain • a fount of knowledge/wisdom/advice/ideas etc often humorous a person, organization, book etc that provides a lot of information, advice, or… …
13fount — [[t]fa͟ʊnt[/t]] founts N COUNT: usu sing, N of n If you describe a person or thing as the fount of something, you are saying that they are an important source or supply of it. [LITERARY] To the young boy his father was the fount of all knowledge …
14fount — I [[t]faʊnt[/t]] n. 1) a spring of water; fountain 2) a source or origin: a fount of ideas[/ex] • Etymology: 1585–95; short for fountain II fount [[t]faʊnt, fɒnt[/t]] n. brit. font II …
15fount — fount1 /fownt/, n. 1. a spring of water; fountain. 2. a source or origin: a fount of inspiration to his congregation. [1585 95; short for FOUNTAIN] fount2 /fownt, font/, n. Print. Brit. font2. * * * …
16fount — noun a) something from which water flows He is a real fount of knowledge! b) a device from which poultry may drink Syn: font, fountain, waterer …
17fount — noun (C) 1 the fount of all knowledge/wisdom etc literary or humorous the place, person, idea etc that all knowledge, wisdom etc comes from; source 1 (1) 2 BrE technical a complete set of letters of one kind and size used to print books,… …
18Fount of honour — The fount of honour (Latin: fons honorum ) refers to a nation s head of state, who, by virtue of his or her official position, has the exclusive right of conferring legitimate titles of nobility and orders of chivalry to other… …
19fount — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French funte, founte, from Latin font , fons Date: 15th century fountain, source II. noun Etymology: French fonte, from Middle French more at font Date: circa 1683 British a type fo …
20fount — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A point of origination: beginning, derivation, fountain, fountainhead, mother, origin, parent, provenance, provenience, root1, rootstock, source, spring, well1. See START …
