geyser
pronunciation
How to pronounce geyser in British English:
UK [ˈɡiːzə(r)]
How to pronounce geyser in American English:
US [ˈɡaɪzər]
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- Noun:
- a spring that discharges hot water and steam
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- Verb:
- to overflow like a geyser
Word Origin
- geyser
- geyser: see gust
- geyser (n.)
- 1780, extended from Icelandic Geysir, name of a specific hot spring in the valley of Haukadal, literally "the gusher," from Old Norse geysa "to gush," from Proto-Germanic *gausjan, suffixed form of PIE *gheus-, extended form of the root *gheu- "to pour" (see found (v.2)). Taken by foreign writers as the generic name for spouting hot springs, for which the native Icelandic words are hverr "a cauldron," laug "a hot bath."
Example
- 1. Fly geyser black rock desert nevada .
- 2. In reality though , this odourless ' geyser ' is still quite a mysterious phenomenon .
- 3. The norris geyser basin contains the hottest water in all of yellowstone national park .
- 4. A rainbow forms during an eruption of castle geyser .
- 5. Geyser basin , yellowstone park , wyoming , 1964 .