aquariums

noun

variants or aquaria
plural of aquarium
as in cages

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Recent Examples of aquariums Accredited aquariums, such as the Seattle Aquarium, breed the sharks in captivity, according to the aquarium’s website. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aquariums
  1. cages
  2. pens
  3. terraria
  4. corrals
  5. pounds
Noun
  • Detectives located Ponce-Maqueda in an RV near rooster cages.
    — Larry Seward, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The kitchen was open to the living/dining area, and a room with storage cages was down the hall.
    — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of cages
Noun
  • For about five days, the murres rotate between the drying pens — which blow warm air on the birds — and 80-degree pools of water inside the clinic.
    — Stephanie Zappelli, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Of the 14 horses who live in immaculate pens on the property, the majority were rescued from kill pens.
    — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of pens
Noun
  • Learn about bonsai and composting, DIY terrariums, plantable love letters and book binding.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
  • These terrariums won’t be home to living plants or fungi, but will instead house a mushroom nature scene created by its maker.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 July 2026
Definition of terraria
Noun
  • After several miles and several hours, the herd is contained, and visitors can gather at the corrals outside the Custer State Park Bison Center to watch crews work.
    — Mary Beaumont, Midwest Living, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Horse corrals remain in place from the princess’s time there, and an infinity-view deck takes in sunsets over the surrounding mountains.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of corrals
Noun
  • The design could eventually scale up to a high altitude platform system (HAPS) capable of lifting payloads as heavy as 551 pounds (250 kilograms).
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In the end, Mamut’s fund bought Waterstones for fifty-three million pounds.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of pounds

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