drinking fountain

noun

: a fixture with nozzle that delivers a stream of water for drinking

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There was never a drinking fountain, but now there are two — one for the dog meadow, with a lower catch basin, and one for the human meadow. — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2025 Park drinking fountains shut down beginning Tuesday and will not be available until next week. — Lilly Kersh, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026 Bealer added that bottled water is being provided as access is cut off to the various drinking fountains. — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025 Also planned are an 8- to-10-foot-wide synthetic turf strip, hose bibs, drinking fountains, boulders and log agility features. — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for drinking fountain

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of drinking fountain was in 1859

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