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What is "water fountain"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
water fountain
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Apparently, Buster Austin had broken in line behind Dooley at the water fountain.
▪ I found the stairs and headed down, catching her at the water fountain just outside the locker rooms.
▪ I take a long drink at the water fountain, wondering what virus I might catch.
▪ Of course, what Dooley did at the water fountain was only half the story!
▪ Simon stood to the side, hand still on the water fountain, watching Harriet and Tony Angotti.
▪ The water fountain became an altar, standing on marble pillars and graced by its own fan design.
▪ Try not to curse when the girls are gossiping at the water fountain and all you want is a drink.
Wiktionary
water fountain

n. A mechanical device designed to dispense small quantities of drinking water, usually in work - or other public places.

WordNet
water fountain

n. a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water [syn: drinking fountain, bubbler]

Usage examples of "water fountain".

At the central water fountain he joined a group of students from nearby New York University who had stopped to listen to an impromptu twilight concert by a trio of folk singers of questionable talent.

Kneeling beside a clear-water fountain, another ancient half-elf in faded, threadbare clothes, went about his weeding, oblivious to their arrival.

He slotted Chia's card above something that looked like a small pink water fountain.

Deborah had blushed as it had dawned on her that a significant portion of her derriere had most likely been exposed when she'd bent over the relatively low water fountain.

Now go find a water fountain and don't argue with your father if you know what's good for you, Meghann Katherine.

This afternoon me and 'Andrea went to the Five and Dime and I took a drink from the wrong water fountain.