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geyser

geyser (plural geysers)

1. (volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.
2. (UK, archaic) An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater using hot steam.
   • 1902. William Paton Buchan, Plumbing: A Text-book to the Practice of the Art Or Craft of the Plumber:

     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.

   • 1998, Gordon S Riess, Confessions of a Corporate Centurion: Tales of International Adventures

     Water was heated either on the gas stove, or on a wall mounted gas-fired ""geyser"" heater.

   • 2002, Alaine Polcz, One woman in the war: Hungary, 1944-1945:

     It was here I saw a geyser gas water heater in a bathroom for the first time. (I was afraid of it).

3. (South Africa) A domestic water boiler.

Definizione dizionario geyser

	geyser
	boiling spring
	A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.

scaldabagno a gas

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Altri significati:

(volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.

(South African) A domestic water boiler.

(UK, archaic) An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater using hot steam.