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    fount
    /fɒnt/

    noun

    • 1. a source of a desirable quality or commodity: "our courier was a fount of knowledge"
    • 2. a spring or fountain. literary

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFOUNT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    FOUNT definition: 1. the person or place from which all information on a particular subject comes: 2. a set of…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › fountFount Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Noun. His Administration, like those of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, was a fount of special favors for powerful industries and a trasher of regulations that cost corporations money; and its first and biggest achievement was an enormous tax-cut bill tilted in favor of the rich.

  4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishfount noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    fount (of something) the place where something important comes from synonym source. She treats him as if he were the fount of all knowledge. I would hardly regard him as a fount/source of all wisdom.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFOUNT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    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.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryFOUNT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    FOUNT meaning: 1. the person or place from which all information on a particular subject comes: 2. a set of…. Learn more.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › fountFOUNT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Fount definition: a spring of water; fountain. . See examples of FOUNT used in a sentence.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › fountFount - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    noun. a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water. synonyms: fountain. see more. noun. a specific size and style of type within a type family. synonyms: case, face, typeface. see more.