Menagerie
[mə'nædʒ(ə)rɪ] or [mə'nædʒəri]
Definition
(noun.) the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition.
(noun.) a collection of live animals for study or display.
Checked by Alyson--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A piace where animals are kept and trained.
(n.) A collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for exhibition.
Editor: Percival
Definition
n. a place for keeping wild animals for exhibition: a collection of such animals.—Also Menag′ery.
Checker: Salvatore
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of visiting a menagerie, denotes various troubles.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
From Fr. melange, mixture, and Ger. riechen, to smell. A mixture of smells.
Typist: Xavier
Examples
- These camels are very much larger than the scrawny specimens one sees in the menagerie. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A regular menagerie appeared in barn and shed, for pet animals were allowed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Come; I have a fine menagerie of twenty here in the carré: let me place you amongst my collection. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They were born too late to see Noah's ark, and died too soon to see our menagerie. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There was a smell within, coming up from the floor, of tethered beasts, like the smell of a menagerie of wild animals. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Because he is a man of few words unlike me and thee and this sentimental menagerie. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And then there was another roaring, like that of a whole menagerie when the elephant has rung the bell for the cold meat. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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