geyser
A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent…A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
» Tourists were standing round the geyser, gawping.
Touristen standen um den Geysir herum und gafften.
Meaning
4 sensesA boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
Geysir
ге́йзерgéjzer
ге́йзерhéjzer
a spring that discharges hot water and steam
(broadly)A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force.
(South Africa, South Asia)A domestic water boiler.
водонагрева́тельvodonagrevátelʹ, бо́йлерbójler
(UK, archaic)An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.
Examples
5 sentencesTourists were standing round the geyser, gawping.
deTouristen standen um den Geysir herum und gafften.
The geyser goes off with hot water every two hours.
ruГейзер извергает горячую воду каждые два часа.
The geyser sends up a column of hot water every two hours.
ruГейзер выбрасывает столб воды один раз каждые два часа.
The pressure from the geyser caused the water to shoot into the air.
Yellowstone Park has many thermal areas of geysers and mud pots.
Translations
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Origin
From Icelandic Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of a particular hot spring in IcelandFrom Icelandic Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of a particular hot spring in Iceland (see Wikipedia), from the verb geysa (“to gush”), from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), which is mentioned in English as early as the 1760s in The Annual Register, as “Geyser, a wonderful spring in the valley of Haukadal”. Doublet of gusher
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