aquarium

Meanings

Noun

a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂
Latin aqua
Latin -ārius
Latin aquārius
Latin aquāriumbor.
English aquarium
Borrowed from Latin aquārium, neuter of aquārius (“of or pertaining to water”), from aqua + -arium. Doublet of ewer; see also Aquarius. Also claimed to be coined by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, as a blend of aquatic + vivarium.

Synonyms

fish tank, marine museum

Scrabble Score: 19

aquarium is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
aquarium is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
aquarium is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

aquarium is a valid Words With Friends word