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Definition of "zoo" []

  • A park or an institution in which living animals are kept and usually exhibited to the public. Also called zoological garden. (noun)
  • Slang A place or situation marked by confusion or disorder: The bus station is a zoo on Fridays. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "zoo" in a sentence
  • "So, everyone sing a long please- *We're all going to the Zoo..zoo.. we're all going to the zoo!"
  • "Initially I had the opinion that most people have, that they are jails. john: I guess you can say that if a zoo is a jail, then so is civilization a jail for humans."
  • "Yann Martel: John, a zoo is an artificial territory, an approximation."