zoo
A park where live animals are exhibitedA park where live animals are exhibited.
Recorded US: Neoglitch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» We saw monkeys at the zoo.
Wir haben im Zoo Affen gesehen. — BraveSentry
Мы видели обезьян в зоопарке. — sharptoothed
Мы видели в зоопарке обезьян. — Selena777
Ми бачили мавп у зоопарку. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(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
(countable, figuratively, informal)Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.
The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.
(countable, figuratively, informal)A large and varied collection of something.
(US, countable, slang)The jungle.
Clipping of zoophile.
(broadly, informal, uncountable)Pornographic material depicting actual animals or bestiality.
Examples
615 sentencesWe saw monkeys at the zoo.
Ми бачили мавп у зоопарку. — deniko
ruМы видели обезьян в зоопарке. — sharptoothed
deWir haben im Zoo Affen gesehen. — BraveSentry
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
Is there a zoo in Boston?
Чи в Бостоні є зоопарк? — deniko
ruВ Бостоне есть зоопарк? — sharptoothed
deGibt es in Boston einen Zoo? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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
What time does the zoo open?
О котрій годині відкривається зоопарк? — deniko
Translations
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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: zoosSynonyms
2 synonyms- the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition:menageriezoological garden
Word family
29 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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 dictionaryDictionary 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.