Geyser
['giːzə;'gaɪ-] or ['ɡaɪzɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a spring that discharges hot water and steam.
(verb.) to overflow like a geyser.
Checker: Sandra--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.
Edited by Claudette
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Boiling spring.
Typist: Willard
Definition
n. a hot spring as in Iceland which spouts water into the air.
Typist: Maxine
Examples
- The Great Geyser and the New Geyser are the most remarkable ones in Iceland, where there are about a hundred altogether. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The famous geyser shown in the illustration is called Old Faithful because of the clock-like regularity of its eruptions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Grand Geyser at Firehole Basin in Yellowstone Park is the most magnificent natural fountain in the whole world. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The hot-lake district of Auckland, New Zealand, is also famous in possessing some of the most remarkable geyser scenery in the world. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It still has, however, a circular rocky basin, forty feet in diameter, in which a violent geyser is constantly boiling up to the height of ten to twelve feet, emitting dense clouds of steam. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Those spouting geysers certainly don't bode any good, sir, nor that earthquake either. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Geysers were first observed in Iceland and the name, therefore, comes from that language, being derived from the word geysa, meaning to gush or rush forth. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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