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chain fountain

chain fountain noun: a contrivance involving a chain of beads placed inside a jar: when one end of the chain is removed from the jar and allowed to fall to the floor, it establishes a self-sustaining flow of the chain which rises up into an arch as if being sucked by an invisible siphon.

Noun

chain fountain (plural chain fountains)

  1. A contrivance involving a chain of beads placed inside a jar: when one end of the chain is removed from the jar and allowed to fall to the floor, it establishes a self-sustaining flow of the chain which rises up into an arch as if being sucked by an invisible siphon.

Forms of chain fountain

pluralchain fountains

Questions about chain fountain

What does chain fountain mean?
Chain fountain means a contrivance involving a chain of beads placed inside a jar: when one end of the chain is removed from the jar and allowed to fall to the floor, it establishes a self-sustaining flow of the chain which rises up into an arch as if being sucked by an invisible siphon.
What part of speech is chain fountain?
Chain fountain is a noun.
What is the plural of chain fountain?
The plural of chain fountain is chain fountains.

Words near chain fountain in the dictionary

  1. chain drives
  2. chain fern
  3. chain ferns
  4. chain ferries
  5. chain ferry
  6. chain fountain
  7. chain fruit
  8. chain gang
  9. chain gangs
  10. chain group
  11. chain growth polymerization

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