font
1 of 2noun (1)
ˈfänt 
1
a
: a receptacle for baptismal water
b
: a receptacle for holy water
c
: a receptacle for various liquids
2
: source, fountain
a font of information
fontal
ˈfän-tᵊl
adjective font
2 of 2noun (2)
: an assortment or set of type or characters all of one style and sometimes one size
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- cradle
- fountain
- fountainhead
- origin
- root
- seedbed
- source
- spring
- well
- wellspring
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin font-, fons, from Latin, fountain
Noun (2)
French fonte, from Middle French, act of founding, from Vulgar Latin *fundita, feminine of funditus, past participle of Latin fundere to found, pour — more at found
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun (2)
circa 1688, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing font
Kids Definition
font 1 of 2
noun
ˈfänt
1
: a basin to hold water for baptism
2
: source sense 1
a font of information
font
2 of 2noun
: a set of letters, numbers, and punctuation marks that are all one size and style
fonts
noun
as in sources
a point or place at which something is invented or provided a domestic diva who is a seemingly endless font of new ideas Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sources
- fountains
- origins
- cradles
- wells
- springs
- roots
- geneses
- wellsprings
- beginnings
- fountainheads
- seedbeds
- commencements
- incipiencies
- baselines
- thresholds
- inceptions
- outsets
- first bases
- ground zeros
- starts
- incipiences
- day ones
- nascencies
- onsets
- mornings
- square ones
- git-goes
- launches
- nascences
- kickoffs
- dawns
- get-goes