[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fount.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / fount

[← F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/F/)

# fount

«fount» in Mova's school dictionary: **a spring of water, or a fountain** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (founts)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) A fount is a spring of water, or a fountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fount/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a magic spring or source, sometimes a fiery pit

### examples

- The children drank from the fount in the wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fount/#x1)
- The witch was thrown into the fiery fount. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fount/#x2)
- The fount bubbled up beside the old well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fount/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fount» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fount/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.