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aquarium

  • noun
  • ə-kwârʹē-əm

A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.

Other meanings

  1. A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.

Synonyms

  • fish tank

A kind of

  • tank

Kinds of aquarium

  • fish bowl

Related words

  • boy aquarium
  • submarium
  • aquariumlike
  • Macquarium
  • nonaquarium
  • seaquarium

Word history

From Latin "aquārium".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “aquarium” 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.