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terrarium
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Word definitions for terrarium in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Terrariums are usually sealable glass containers that can be opened for maintenance and to access the plants inside. However, this is not essential; terrariums can also be open to the atmosphere rather than being sealed. Terrariums are often kept as decorative ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1877, from Modern Latin, formed from Latin terra "land" (see terrain ) + -arium, abstracted from aquarium .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An enclosure where very small animals are displayed, often with some plants, in a naturalistic setting. 2 A partially enclosed glass container for displaying plants, especially plants that need high humidity.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ David looked across to the terrarium . ▪ Every day, they observed their terrariums for 45 minutes, writing and talking about whatever they saw. ▪ Kneeling by the side of the terrarium , David suddenly heard voices down below ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed [also: terraria (pl)]
Usage examples of terrarium.
Against one wall were terrariums with rare and delicate species of fungus and cactus, against another were aquariums with various species of puffer fish.
Glowpainted arrows on the wall pointed toward Utility Plants 1-5 on the left, Utility Plant 6 and Terrarium Main Access on the right.
A couple of patrols have entered the terrarium now, and they can move more quickly than we can.
A turtle as big as a dinner plate was sunning itself in a muddy terrarium perched atop a gilt table.
On the floor in a dark corner there was another terrarium with its lid askew.
Had she really been afraid that the snake had leaped from its terrarium to come slithering after her?
Grijpstra asked, lifting the glass top of the terrarium and digging about with his finger.
Being afraid of snakes as she was, Cara jumped backward, nearly upsetting a glass terrarium from its metal stand.
She weighed the terrarium in her hands, stroking the glass, as she considered his words.
Tristan hurled his terrarium to the floor, where it smashed into tiny fragments, the dirt and plants flying in all directions.
Or one of our pet hamsters, with little slide walks in their terrarium, to let them run and think they were getting somewhere.
The red glow of the terrarium made the shadows look flushed and feverish.
On the wall opposite, visible from the bed, was a four-foot-high terrarium filled with sand and branches and a cactus.
Glass and wood terrariums lined the wall with heating bulbs suspended over them.
A thousand balanced terrariums, generations ago, had left Sol, caught in the rigidity of Einsteinian space and time, and now, at last, one had reached a destination where planetary life might once again be possible.