Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable)A park where live animals are exhibited.

    The London Zoo was built in 1828.

    Zoo, Tiergarten, Tierpark

    зоопа́ркzoopárk, зоологи́ческий садzoologíčeskij sad, зооса́дzoosád

    зоопа́ркzoopárk

    the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition

  2. (countable, figuratively, informal)Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.

    The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.

  3. (countable, figuratively, informal)A large and varied collection of something.

  4. (US, countable, slang)The jungle.

  5. Clipping of zoophile.

    (broadly, informal, uncountable)Pornographic material depicting actual animals or bestiality.

Examples

615 sentences
  1. We saw monkeys at the zoo.

    Ми бачили мавп у зоопарку. — deniko

    ruМы видели обезьян в зоопарке. — sharptoothed

    deWir haben im Zoo Affen gesehen. — BraveSentry

  2. She took him to the zoo.

    Вона повела його до зоопарку. — deniko

    ruОна повела его в зоопарк. — marafon

    deSie hat ihn in den Zoo mitgenommen. — Esperantostern

  3. Is there a zoo in Boston?

    Чи в Бостоні є зоопарк? — deniko

    ruВ Бостоне есть зоопарк? — sharptoothed

    deGibt es in Boston einen Zoo? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom took Mary to the zoo.

    Том взяв Мері в зоопарк. — deniko

    ruТом сводил Мэри в зоопарк. — odexed

    deTom ging mit Mary in den Zoo. — pullnosemans

  5. What time does the zoo open?

    О котрій годині відкривається зоопарк? — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
park where live animals are exhibited:
Русский
By meaning 1
park where live animals are exhibited:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
park where live animals are exhibited:

Origin

Clipping of zoological garden or zoological park, now the usual form. See zoology.

Clipping of zoological garden or zoological park, now the usual form. See zoology.

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Forms

plural: zoos
Singularzoo
Pluralzoos

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

29 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • to the zoo
  • the zoo with
  • at the zoo
  • the zoo tomorrow
  • zoo from here
  • zoo this afternoon
  • the zoo is
  • the zoo from
  • the zoo open
  • the zoo by
  • the zoo together
  • zoo is closed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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