fountain vs jet

fountain

noun
  • Anything that resembles a fountain in operation. 

  • An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure. 

  • A natural source of water; a spring. 

  • A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn. 

  • A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge). 

  • A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it. 

  • A roundel barry wavy argent and azure. 

  • A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain. 

  • The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue. 

  • A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into. 

  • A soda fountain. 

verb
  • To flow or gush as if from a fountain. 

jet

noun
  • A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid. 

  • A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc. 

  • A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers. 

  • A turbine. 

  • The colour of jet coal, deep grey. 

  • A rocket engine. 

  • A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery. 

  • A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air. 

  • A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon. 

adj
  • Propelled by turbine engines. 

  • Very dark black in colour. 

verb
  • To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out. 

  • To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion 

  • To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around 

  • To leave; depart. 

  • To spray with liquid from a container. 

  • To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. 

  • To spray out of a container. 

  • To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet 

  • To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude. 

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