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Synonyms for geyser


Grammar : Noun
Spell : gahy-zer, -ser for 1, 3; gee-zer for 2
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgaɪ zər, -sər for 1, 3; ˈgi zər for 2



Définition of geyser

Origin :
  • 1780, from Icelandic Geysir, name of a hot spring in the valley of Haukadal, literally "the gusher," from Old Norse geysa "to gush," from Proto-Germanic *gausjan, from PIE *gheus-, from root *gheu- "to pour" (see found (v.2)).
  • noun fountain
Example sentences :
  • The thought set the geyser of his rage roaring and spouting in the face of heaven.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Hell's Half-Acre was a prelude to ten or twelve miles of geyser formation.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Should be one another, and not one of them is properly a geyser.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • One day the ash will get into the burners and then the geyser will explode.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 31, 1920 » by Various
  • Toward the geyser hurried Frank, still looking for his companion.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Bravery » by Burt L. Standish
  • The geyser of his prejudice and antipathy was furiously alive.
  • Extract from : « Northern Lights » by Gilbert Parker
  • But there were no geyser baths there and I had no rheumatism then!
  • Extract from : « Margarita's Soul » by Ingraham Lovell
  • If the steam makes faster than it can escape, we have a geyser.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the National Parks » by Robert Sterling Yard
  • In 1770 it is recorded that this Geyser spouted eleven times in one day.
  • Extract from : « A Girl's Ride in Iceland » by Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
  • Upon that one his flow of words was full and free, he was a geyser.
  • Extract from : « Christian Science » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

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