Geyser

Quick meaning: Geyser is a noun meaning (by extension) A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force.

Meaning

(by extension) A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force.

More Meanings

1. (British, archaic) An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.
2. (South Africa, South Asia) A domestic water boiler.
3. (ambitransitive) To (cause to) rush or burst upward like water from a geyser.
4. (planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.

Example Sentences

Water was heated either on the gas stove, or on a wall mounted gas-fired "geyser" heater.

It was here I saw a geyser gas water heater in a bathroom for the first time. (I was afraid of it).

Four jets of water geysered upward from the sea. Short and wide. He noted it. Ranging salvo. His division was discovered.

Where a Geyser or hot-water heater is used it is a good and wise precaution to see that the bath-room, &c., when it is used is well ventilated.

Word Forms

• geysers
• geysering
• geysered

Synonyms for geyser

Depending on context, synonyms include thermae.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include geezer, gurges, gasser, upgush, gour, gurglet.

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