geyser
/ˈɡiː.zə/US/ˈɡaɪ.zɚ/
geyser noun: a boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
Noun
geyser (plural geysers)
- A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
- A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force.
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- An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.
- 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.1902, William Paton Buchan, Plumbing: A Text-book to the Practice of the Art Or Craft of the Plumber
- Water was heated either on the gas stove, or on a wall mounted gas-fired "geyser" heater.1998, Gordon S Riess, Confessions of a Corporate Centurion: Tales of International Adventures
- A domestic water boiler.
Verb
geyser (third-person singular simple present geysers, present participle geysering, simple past and past participle geysered)
geyser meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
geyser in Hindi
- boiling spring
- उष्णोत्स uṣṇots
geyser in Tamil
- பீறிடும் வெந்நீரூற்று, நீர் சூடேற்றி, நீர்வழங்கி
geyser in Urdu
- domestic water boiler
- گِیزَر gīzar
geyser in Bengali
- domestic water boiler
- গিজার gijar
More languagesFewer languages
- geyser in Malayalam
- ഉഷ്ണജലസ്രോതസ്സ്
- geyser in Kannada
- ಬಿಸಿನೀರೂಟೆ, ಗೀಸರ್
- geyser in Arabic
- سَخَّان saḵḵān
- geyser in Malay
- geiser
- geyser in Indonesian
- geyser, geiser
- geyser in Persian
- آبفشان âb-fešân
- geyser in Thai
- ไกเซอร์ gaisêr
- geyser in Vietnamese
- mạch nước phun
Synonyms of geyser
Forms of geyser
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | geysers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | geysers |
| present participle | geysering |
| past participle | geysered |
| past | geysered |
Origin of geyser
From 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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Questions about geyser
- What does geyser mean?
- Geyser means a boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
- What is geyser in Hindi?
- Geyser in Hindi is उष्णोत्स (uṣṇots). See Geyser meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is geyser?
- Geyser can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce geyser?
- Geyser is pronounced /ˈɡiː.zə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of geyser?
- The plural of geyser is geysers.
Words near geyser in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: geyser (page history and authors); geyser (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); geyser (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); geyser (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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