zoonoun [ C ]
uk/zuː/us/zuː/plural zoos old-fashioned formal zoological gardensA1 an area in which animals, especially wild animals, are kept so that people can go and look at them or study them
a place where there are a lot of people and their behaviour is not well organized or controlled:
The school cafeteria is a zoo.
More examples
- How about a trip to the zoo this afternoon?
- Tea-time in our house is like feeding time at the zoo!
- "Did the kids enjoy their trip to the zoo?" "Oh, yes, they were full of it when they got back this afternoon."
- The bad weather really took the gloss off our trip to the zoo.
- We could hear the lions roaring at the other end of the zoo.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Zoology: zoos & wildlife reserves
- aquarium
- conservancy
- ecological
- green
- national park
- nature reserve
- petting zoo
- preserve
- ranger station
- reservation
- reserve
- safari park
- sanctuary
- sustainable
- zookeeper
- zoological garden