drinking fountain

noun

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

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The group also took on the high school for Black children as a project, urging the Fort Worth school board to construct a brick building, gravel the school grounds, and put in an outdoor drinking fountain. Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2025 The big picture: The commemoration comes after the Trump administration announced the federal government will no longer prohibit contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains. Axios, 21 Mar. 2025 William Lovelace/Hulton Archive/Getty Images After a recent change by the Trump administration, the federal government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains. Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 18 Mar. 2025 The $433,000 contract was for removing old infrastructure, improving the parking area, landscaping, drainage grading, installing a new sidewalk and retaining walls, and adding benches, picnic tables, bike racks and drinking fountains, Clarkowski said. Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drinking fountain

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of drinking fountain was in 1859

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“Drinking fountain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinking%20fountain. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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