geyser, noun
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- EnglishShow more This sense is now obsolete in general English.
A hot water storage tank, with an electric heating element.
1993 Radio South Africa 6 Mar. (Help Yourself)If you are the kind of person who has a bath or shower every day, the geyser will come into use.
1994 B. Findlay in House & Leisure Feb. 84The geyser burst and..the resulting water damage revealed that the ‘wall’ dividing the two rooms was really just thick cardboard.
A hot water storage tank, with an electric heating element.
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