zoo
US /zu/
Definition
the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Our class visited the city zoo to see the new baby elephant.
Collocations
- Easy visit animals at the city zooto visit animals at the city zoo, meaning to go to see a place, as for entertainment
- Medium zoo conservation education programs for schoolsdescribing zoo conservation education programs for schools (the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition)
- Hard municipal accreditation standards for modern metropolitan zoosdescribing municipal accreditation standards for modern metropolitan zoos (relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality)
- Very Hard turning parliament into an anarchic political zooto turning parliament into an anarchic political zoo, meaning to change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
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