Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. A device that is used to provide water to drink.
WordNet
n. a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water [syn: water fountain, bubbler]
Wikipedia
A drinking fountain, also called a water fountain or a bubbler, is a fountain designed to provide drinking water. It consists of a basin with either continuously running water or a tap. The drinker bends down to the stream of water and swallows water directly from the stream. Modern indoor drinking fountains may incorporate filters to remove impurities from the water and chillers to lower its temperature. Drinking fountains are usually found in public places, like schools, rest areas, libraries, and grocery stores. Many jurisdictions require drinking fountains to be wheelchair accessible (by sticking out horizontally from the wall), and to include an additional unit of a lower height for children and short adults. The design that this replaced often had one spout atop a refrigeration unit.
Use of the words water fountain, and drinking fountain vary across regional dialects of English.
Usage examples of "drinking fountain".
At the nearby drinking fountain, I pressed one finger over the hole, making the water squirt high in the air.
He drank the last of his water and handed me the glass to fill at the drinking fountain in the hall.
Kren stumbled to the toilet, then to his drinking fountain, and finally to a mirror, where he examined his brands.
It was really a suite of rooms, with a palatial sitting room with couches, tables for party snacks, and a private drinking fountain.
One had a spigot projecting from its front, with a catchbasin below, much like a drinking fountain.
A tall man in a houndstooth-check jacket passed the corner of the rest-room, gave Jack a disinterested glance, and went to the drinking fountain.
There's a dusty drinking fountain and an ancient fire extinguisher, which some wit has labeled LAUGHING GAS.
I remembered the time I saw her at school bent over a drinking fountain.
Again he passed the little square of green with its lonely drinking fountain and bench and single lamppost.