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bub·bler

(bŭb′lər)

n. Northern US

A drinking fountain.

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bubbler

(ˈbʌblə)

1. a drinking fountain in which the water is forced in a stream from a small vertical nozzle

2. (Chemistry) chem any device for bubbling gas through a liquid

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Noun	1.	bubbler - a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water drinking fountain, water fountain fountain - a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
	2.	bubbler - any of various devices in which air or some other gas is bubbled through a liquid device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

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bubbler

n (US, Austral) → Trinkbrunnen m

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