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1. (n.) geyser
a hot spring that intermittently sends up fountainlike jets of water and steam into the air.
2. geyser
Brit. a hot-water heater.
Etymology: (1755–65; < Icel Geysir, name of a hot spring in Iceland, lit., gusher, der. of geysa to gush)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) geyser
a spring that discharges hot water and steam
2. (verb) geyser
to overflow like a geyser
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) geyser
a boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. geyser
fountains which from time to time, under the expansion of steam, eject columns of steam and hot water, and which are met with in Iceland, North America, and New Zealand, of which the most remarkable is the Great Geyser, 70 m. N. of Reikiavik, in Iceland, which ejects a column of water to 60 ft. in height, accompanied with rumblings underground; these eruptions will continue some 15 minutes, and they recur every few hours.
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Sense: an underground spring that produces and sends out hot water and steam
There are geysers in Iceland and New Zealand.
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 Afrikaans: geiser |
 Arabic: فَوّارة ماء ساخِن |
 Bulgarian: гейзер |
 Brazilian: geiser |
 Czech: gejzír |
 German: der Geiser |
 Danish: gejser |
 Greek: θερμοπίδακας |
 Spanish: géiser |
 Estonian: geiser |
 Farsi: آبفشان |
 Finnish: geysir |
 French: geyser |
 Hebrew: גייזר |
 Hindi: उष्णोत्स |
 Croatian: gejzir |
 Hungarian: gejzír |
 Indonesian: mata air panas |
 Icelandic: goshver |
 Italian: geyser |
 Japanese: 間欠泉 |
 Korean: 간헐 온천 |
 Lithuanian: geizeris, karšto vandens |
 Latvian: geizers |
 Malay: geiser |
 Dutch: geiser |
 Norwegian: geysir, varm kilde |
 Polish: gejzer |
 Persian: آبفشان |
 Pashto: يو ډول چينه چې كله كله تو |
 Portuguese: geyser |
 Romanian: gheizer |
 Russian: гейзер |
 Slovak: gejzír |
 Slovenian: gejzir |
 Serbian: gejzir |
 Swedish: gejser |
 Thai: น้ำพุร้อน |
 Turkish: gayzer |
 Taiwanese: 間歇泉 |
 Ukrainian: гейзер |
 Urdu: زمین کے اندر کا جھرنا جو |
 Vietnamese: suối nước nóng |
 Chinese: 间歇喷泉 |
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