museum
US /mjuˈziəm/
Definition
a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The museum is open to the public from nine to five every day.
Synonyms
- galleryspectators at a golf or tennis match
- exhibition hallhaving a meaning similar to museum
Collocations
- Easy visit a museumto visit a museum, meaning to go to see a place, as for entertainment
- Medium city museum admission fees discountdescribing city museum admission fees discount (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
- Hard museum curator conservation credentials and ethicsdescribing museum curator conservation credentials and ethics (a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value)
- Very Hard consign obsolete methodologies to a museumto consign obsolete methodologies to a museum, meaning to commit forever; commit irrevocably
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.