Meanings
plural water fountains
- CanadaUSA mechanical device designed to dispense small quantities of drinking water, usually in a public place such as a school or office.
Network Rail says the introduction of free water fountains at its managed stations has helped to save the equivalent of three million plastic bottles from entering landfill.
2020 March 11, “Network News: Water fountains cut plastic waste”, in Rail, page 23 - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, fountain.
Synonyms: drinking fountain, bubbler
Synonyms & antonyms
nounUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, fountain.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 飲水機 /饮水机
- 飲水機 /饮水机 (yǐnshuǐjī)device designed to dispense drinking water
Dutch drinkfontein
- drinkfonteindevice designed to dispense drinking water
Finnish juoma-allas
- juoma-allasdevice designed to dispense drinking water
French fontaine à eau, abreuvoir
- fontaine à eaudevice designed to dispense drinking water
- abreuvoirdevice designed to dispense drinking water
German Trinkbrunnen, Wasserspender
- Trinkbrunnendevice designed to dispense drinking water
- Wasserspenderdevice designed to dispense drinking water
Spanish fuente de agua, fuente
- fuente de aguadevice designed to dispense drinking water
- fuentedevice designed to dispense drinking water
- bebederodevice designed to dispense drinking water
Cite this entry
water fountain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20fountain
“water fountain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20fountain. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water fountain,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20fountain.
Source: water fountain on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.