plural zoos
1
: a facility with usually indoor and outdoor settings where living, typically wild animals are kept especially for public exhibition
called also zoological garden, zoological park
2
: a place, situation, or group marked by crowding, confusion, or unrestrained behavior
The convention was a zoo.
variants
or before a vowel zo-
1
: animal : animal kingdom or kind
zooid
zoology
2
: motile
zoospore
Examples of zoo in a Sentence
Noun
The sixth grade classroom was a zoo after recess.
The supermarket was a real zoo on the night before the storm.
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Adam Tamburin, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
Being able to observe dissections of gorillas, orangutans and other animals from zoos, for example, gave Matternes an excellent grounding as a comparative anatomist who is able to build out the look of a creature from the bones to the skin.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Billy added that Chynna used to go to the Ice Capades and the circus and zoo with Michael Jackson and his brothers and sisters.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2025
The event, a fundraiser for the Sanford attraction, features more than 35 craft beers plus wine and seltzer selections for sipping whilst strolling through the zoo.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Attractions include a free zoo, multiple museums and world-class musical theater presented outdoors.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
Being able to observe dissections of gorillas, orangutans and other animals from zoos, for example, gave Matternes an excellent grounding as a comparative anatomist who is able to build out the look of a creature from the bones to the skin.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Billy added that Chynna used to go to the Ice Capades and the circus and zoo with Michael Jackson and his brothers and sisters.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2025
The event, a fundraiser for the Sanford attraction, features more than 35 craft beers plus wine and seltzer selections for sipping whilst strolling through the zoo.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for zoo
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“Zoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zoo. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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zoo
noun
plural zoos
: a garden or park where living usually wild animals are kept for showing to the public
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