geyser
A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
Other meanings
A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force.
An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.
Synonyms
- hot spring
A kind of
- spring
Related words
- geyserite
- red geyser
- red geyser galaxy
- geyseric
- geyseral
- geyserish
- geyserlike
- geysery
Word history
From Old Norse "geysa" (to gush).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “geyser” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.