Meaning of FOUNT in English

FOUNT

transcription, транскрипция: [ faʊnt ]

( founts)

If you describe a person or thing as the fount of something, you are saying that they are an important source or supply of it. ( LITERARY )

To the young boy his father was the fount of all knowledge.

= source

N-COUNT : usu sing , N of n

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