terrarium
An enclosure wherein small animals are displayed, usually with some plants, in a…An enclosure wherein small animals are displayed, usually with some plants, in a naturalistic setting.
» He put the spider in a terrarium.
Meaning
2 sensesAn enclosure wherein small animals are displayed, usually with some plants, in a naturalistic setting.
Terrarium
террариумterrarium
тера́рійterárij, тера́ріумterárium
A partially enclosed glass container for displaying plants, especially plants that need high humidity.
Terrarium
палюда́рійpaljudárij, палюда́ріумpaljudárium
- a vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed
Examples
6 sentencesHe put the spider in a terrarium.
Ziri put the snake back into the terrarium.
In the terrarium lived a millipede with a shiny carapace.
I have a tarantula in a small terrarium, and I feed it cockroaches.
It's from Portal, the one from Terraria is a reference.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Latin terra (“earth”) + -arium, by analogy with aquarium.From Latin terra (“earth”) + -arium, by analogy with aquarium.
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Forms
plural: terrariums / terraria| Singular | terrarium |
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| Plural | terrariums / terraria |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular