fount

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fount [fount founts] BrE [faʊnt] NAmE [faʊnt] noun ~ (of sth) (literary or humorous)
the place where sth important comes from
Syn: ↑source
•She treats him as if he were the fount of all knowledge.

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: back-formation from ↑fountain, on the pattern of the pair mountain, mount.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fountain, font, typeface, face, case