aquarium

noun aquar·i·um \ ə-ˈkwer-ē-əm \

Updated on: 20 Apr 2018

Definition of aquarium

plural aquariums or -ia \-ē-ə\

1 : a container (such as a glass tank) or an artificial pond in which living aquatic animals or plants are kept

2 : an establishment where aquatic organisms are kept and exhibited

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Recent Examples of aquarium from the Web

In the shadow of the Claw, the aquarium is planning interactive features that can be climbed on or played with.

— Washington Post, "Former U2 stage to be centerpiece of Utah aquarium expansion," 14 Apr. 2018
The first was the famed Quebec League (officially the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey), which can be thought of as an aquarium stocked with fighting fish: young goons and old goons, bald goons and goons with mullets.

— rich cohen, The Atlantic, "The Mobster Who Bought His Son a Hockey Team," 14 Apr. 2018
Protea’s plans include completely remaking the village from a grouping of small villas to a big money-maker that includes hotels, offices, an aquarium and a 480-foot observation tower.

— phillip molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Port selects new Seaport Village operator," 10 Apr. 2018
The wine wall stuck (though an aquarium might have been a better idea, a helpful doorman suggested to this reporter on a recent visit).

— tim mckeough, New York Times, "A Taste for Renovation," 10 Apr. 2018
They are commonly found in Boston Harbor from mid-winter to mid-spring swimming in the waters from South Boston to Hull and Winthrop to East Boston, according to the aquarium.

— laney ruckstuhl, BostonGlobe.com, "Pregnant porpoise dies on Dorchester Bay shore during the last nor’easter," 10 Mar. 2018
At the pardoning ceremony Tuesday (Feb. 20), Emile was escorted down a red carpet in a crawfish trap to the tunes of a zydeco band before being plopped into an aquarium.

— ann maloney, NOLA.com, "Arthur 'Mr. Okra' Robinson' remembered in The New York Times," 20 Feb. 2018
In a blog post detailing efforts to rehabilitate the olive ridley seat turtle, aquarium personnel say Turkey ate inconsistently over the month and a half personnel worked with her.

— eder campuzano, OregonLive.com, "Turkey, the sea turtle rescued over Thanksgiving, dies at Oregon Coast Aquarium," 13 Jan. 2018
At least a million households have saltwater aquariums, a 2014 survey by the American Pet Products Association found.

— National Geographic, "See How Fish Get From Coral Reefs to Your Aquarium Tank," 29 Mar. 2018

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