"fish tank" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-fish tank.ogg [Australia] Forms: fish tanks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fish tank (plural fish tanks)
  1. A container, usually made out of glass or acrylic, specifically designed for holding water and marine life. Categories (topical): Containers, Prison Synonyms: aquarium, fishbowl, tank Related terms: aquarium, fish bowl, goldfish bowl Translations (container designed for holding water and marine life): 魚缸 (Chinese Cantonese), 鱼缸 (jyu⁴ gong¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 魚缸 (Chinese Mandarin), 鱼缸 (yúgāng) (Chinese Mandarin), akvarium [neuter] (Danish), akvario (Esperanto), fiŝujo (Esperanto), akvaario (Finnish), fisketank [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fisketank [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), садо́к для ры́бы (sadók dlja rýby) [masculine] (Russian), pecera [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fish_tank-en-noun-5-GCWoii Disambiguation of Containers: 81 19 Disambiguation of Prison: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'container designed for holding water and marine life': 93 7
  2. (slang) A section of a prison for newly arrived inmates. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Prison
    Sense id: en-fish_tank-en-noun-U7zi~IUL Disambiguation of Prison: 53 47

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Download JSON data for fish tank meaning in English (4.4kB)

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