aviary
pronunciation
How to pronounce aviary in British English:
UK [ˈeɪviəri]
How to pronounce aviary in American English:
US [ˈeɪvieri]
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- Noun:
- a building where birds are kept
Word Origin
- aviary
- aviary: see augur
- aviary (n.)
- 1570s, from Latin aviarium "place in which birds are kept," neuter of aviarius "of birds," from avis "bird," from PIE *awi- "bird" (cognates: Sanskrit vih, Avestan vish "bird," Greek aietos "eagle").
Example
- 1. They are in the aviary .
- 2. Cage and aviary bird nutrition past , present and future .
- 3. Visitors to the aviary can observe the birds behaving naturally .
- 4. Waterfall aviary hasthehighest man-made waterfall inthe world .
- 5. Lord rothschild points out the aviary that will be the comically appropriate venue for " cracked egg " , that symbol of 21st-century decadence .