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.

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.