GEYSER


Meaning of GEYSER in English

n. 1 an intermittently gushing hot spring that throws up a tall column of water. 2 Brit. an apparatus for heating water rapidly for domestic use.

[ Icel. Geysir, the name of a particular spring in Iceland, rel. to geysa to gush ]

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