drinking fountainnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdrɪŋ.kɪŋ ˌfaʊn.tɪn/us/ˈdrɪŋ.kɪŋ ˌfaʊn.tɪn/a device, usually in a public place, that supplies water for drinking
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Drinking
- consume
- drank
- drink
- drink (sth) up
- drinker
- drinking
- drinking water
- drunk
- knock back (sth)
- overindulge
- partake
- partook
- put sth back
- sup
- swig
- swill
- taste
- wash
- wash sth down
- water fountain
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Examples from literature
- A drinking fountain now occupies its site.
- I was drawing them all yesterday morning—two model cottages on each side, and the drinking fountain in the middle.
- In the centre is a drinking fountain.
- Today there is not a school in the city which is not supplied with sanitary drinking fountains, and the common cup is a thing of the past.
- We're going to set up a drinking fountain in the business square, Fanny explained.