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museum

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. museum (noun)
  2. museum beetle (noun)
  3. museum jar (noun)
  4. museum piece (noun)
  5. dime museum (noun)
  6. wax museum (noun)

mu·se·um

noun \myu̇-ˈzē-əm\

Definition of MUSEUM

: an institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of lasting interest or value; also : a place where objects are exhibited
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Examples of MUSEUM

  1. a museum of natural history
  2. <a trip to the Museum of Natural History>

Origin of MUSEUM

Latin Museum place for learned occupation, from Greek Mouseion, from neuter of Mouseios of the Muses, from Mousa
First Known Use: 1672

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agonistic, carpetbagger, enceinte, fief, historiography, paladin

Rhymes with MUSEUM

lyceum, no-see-um, odeum, per diem

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