geyser

noun

gey·ser | \ ˈgī-zər

, British also ˈgē-zə, for sense 1 and usually ˈgē-zə for sense 2\

Definition of geyser

1 : a spring that throws forth intermittent jets of heated water and steam

2 British : an apparatus for heating water rapidly with a gas flame (as for a bath)

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A hot spring that discharges intermittent jets of steam and water is called a geyser. Geysers are generally associated with recent volcanic activity. They are produced by the heating of underground waters that have come into contact with, or are very close to, magma. Geyser discharges as high as 1,600 ft (500 m) have been recorded, but 160 ft (50 m) is much more common. Occasionally, a geyser will adopt an extremely regular and predictable pattern of intermittent activity and discharge for a few minutes every hour or so (for example, Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park).

Examples of geyser in a Sentence

The water from the geyser rises as high as 75 feet. geysers rising as high as 75 feet The water shot into the sky in an enormous geyser.

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Sure, there are different kinds — big orgasms and little ones, short quakes and long, gushing geysers — but one kind of orgasm isn’t inherently better than the others. — Anna Pulley, chicagotribune.com, "Ask Anna: I have to use a vibrator to have an orgasm during sex. Is that normal?," 26 Aug. 2019 Images on social media showed a geyser of water cascading over the roadway. — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, "East-West Highway closed after water-main break," 8 Aug. 2019 The geyser is known to have erupted 56 times since then. — USA TODAY, "Troll trail, coal train derailment, geyser record: News from around our 50 states," 27 June 2019 Old Faithful Inn, located near the iconic geyser of the same name, has a Christmas celebration every August 25. — Douglas Main, National Geographic, "It’s snowing in Yellowstone—on the first day of summer.," 21 June 2019 The RoboSimian, for example, is designed to explore the silty, icy world of Saturn's moon Enceladus, where geysers could burst through the frozen surface at any time. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "NASA Is Building a Family of Cliff-Climbing Robots," 11 July 2019 Machine gun bullets whipped across and ripped small geysers in the water. — Washington Post, "AP Was There: D-Day correspondent returns 10 years later," 4 June 2019 One upshot of the uprising though has been the geyser of colorful and vibrant artwork that has dominated both the streets and Sudanese social media. — Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa, "Sudan’s street protests have inspired another revolution—in art," 12 July 2019 The idea was to swoop low and check for elements of life by analyzing particles of ice, water, and rock that may be spewing out from the moon’s surface like the spray of a geyser. — Eric Niiler, WIRED, "Forget the Moon—We Should Go to Jupiter’s Idyllic Europa," 5 July 2019

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