menagerie

see definition of menagerie

adjzoo

Synonyms for menagerie

adj zoo

museum

noun. place for viewing artifacts or

zoo

noun. parklike area in where animals are housed for exhibition

zoological garden

noun. park for animals

Word Origin & History

"collection of wild animals kept in captivity," 1712, from French ménagerie "housing for domestic animals" (16c.), from Old French manage (see menage).

Example Sentences for menagerie

They had not been herded together like animals in a menagerie, as in Colonel Corkran's day.

Are you thinking we are live kangaroos escaped from a menagerie?

Does she still keep a menagerie for sick dogs and lost cats?

Then to a meek huérfanita, feeding her menagerie, I made oration.

"Your friends sound like a menagerie," remarked Zeb, uneasily.

Was this a common, vulgar circus—with a menagerie attachment?

He remembered then how the keeper of a menagerie had that morning hired his vehicle.

Run, you ruffians, before I turn the rest of our menagerie on you!

There were no animal vans as the menagerie had not combined with the circus in those days.

After a while I realized that the lecturer had no menagerie in his pockets.

menagerie

Synonyms for menagerie

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