Zoo

Definitions

1. A park where live animals are exhibited.
   countable
2. Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.
   countable, figuratively, informal
3. A large and varied collection of something.
   countable, figuratively, informal
4. The jungle.
   US, countable, slang
5. Clipping of zoophile.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal
6. Pornographic material depicting actual animals or bestiality.
   broadly, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

56 more languages

Afrikaansdieretuin

العربيةحديقة الحيوانحديقة الحيوانات

Беларускаязаалагі́чны паркзаапарк

Българскизоопарк

বাংলাচিড়িয়াখানা

Bosanskizoologzoološki vrtзоолошки врт

Catalàzoològic

Češtinazoozoologická zahrada

Cymraegmilodfasw

Danskzoozoologisk have

Ελληνικάζωολογικός κήπος

Esperantobestoĝardenozoo

Eestiloomaaed

Suomieläinpuistoeläintarha

Gaeilgegairdín ainmhithezú

Galegozoozoolóxico

עבריתגן זואולוגיגַּן חַיּוֹת

हिन्दीचिड़ियाघर

Hrvatskizoologzoološki vrtзоолошки врт

Magyarállatkert

Հայերենգազանանոցկենդանաբանական այգի

Bahasa Indonesiabonbinkebun binatang

Íslenskadýragarður

Italianozoo

日本語入園動物園

ქართულიზოოპარკი

Қазақ тіліхайуанаттар бағыхайуанатхана

ភាសាខ្មែរសួនសត្វឧទ្យានសត្វ

한국어동물원

Kurdîzoologzû

Latinavīvārium

ລາວສວນສັດ

Lietuviųzoologijos sodas

Latviešuzooloģiskais dārzs

Македонскизоолошка градина

Монголамьтны хүрээлэн

Bahasa Melayukebun binatangtaman haiwanzoo

Maltiżu

မြန်မာတိရစ္ဆာန်ရုံတိရစ္ဆာန်ဥယျာဉ်

Nederlandsdierentuinzoo

Polskiogród zoologicznyzoozoologzwierzyniec+ 1 more

Portuguêsjardim zoológicozôozoológico

Românăgrădină zoologicăparc zoologiczooparc

Русскийзверинецзоологи́ческий садзоопаркзоосад+ 1 more

Slovenčinazoo

Српскиzoologzoološki vrtзоолошки врт

Svenskadjurparkzoo

Kiswahilibustani ya wanyama

தமிழ்உயிரியல் பூங்கா

Тоҷикӣбоғи ҳайвонот

ไทยสวนสวนสัตว์

TagalogHayupan

Türkçehayvanat bahçesi

Українськазоопарк

اردوچڑیا خانہچڑیا گھر

Tiếng Việtsở thúthảo cầm viênvườn bách thúvườn thú+ 1 more

Examples

“The London Zoo was built in 1828.”

“The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.”

“The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.”

“After his insightful book The Art of Alfred Hitchcock, Spoto published The Dark Side of Genius, a portrayal of the elderly director as a lonely man who was a veritable zoo of desires, suspicions, fears, and addictions (food, drink⟳, romantic infatuation, and filmmaking).”

“From this point⟳ on, an entire zoo of possibilities arose: strange stars, different families of neutron stars, hybrid stars, etc.”

“But powerful as the quark model⟳ and the electroweak theory were in describing the zoo of subatomic particles, this still left a huge gap.”

“I'm not all that unhappy about being out on an actual patrol, but there's a worried feeling wandering around the back of my mind⟳, not exactly fear, more like⟳ a sort⟳ of lurking anxiety at being out in the dreaded jungle, the zoo, where the enemy hides.”

“Zoophiles, or 'zoos,' are sexually and emotionally attracted to animals, as in a sexual orientation.”

“Bestiality or zoophilia—whatever we decide⟳ to call⟳ it—is one of the most pressing issues for all domesticated animals, […] From the scanty research⟳ available, the following picture emerges: the majority of zoos are male, though certainly not all; […]”

CEFR level