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.
Etymology: Icel. Geysir, the name of a particular spring in Iceland, rel. to geysa to gush
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.
Etymology: Icel. Geysir, the name of a particular spring in Iceland, rel. to geysa to gush
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012