plural zoos
1
: a facility with usually indoor and outdoor settings where living, typically wild animals are kept especially for public exhibition
called also zoological garden, zoological park
2
: a place, situation, or group marked by crowding, confusion, or unrestrained behavior
The convention was a zoo.
variants
or before a vowel zo-
1
: animal : animal kingdom or kind
zooid
zoology
2
: motile
zoospore
Examples of zoo in a Sentence
Noun
The sixth grade classroom was a zoo after recess.
The supermarket was a real zoo on the night before the storm.
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3 July 2026
According to the zoo, Cusi enjoys riding on mom Sago's chest.
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1 July 2026
In the latest post, which featured 19 photos, Brittany shared snaps of her three children — daughters Sterling, 5, and Golden, 17 months, and son, Bronze, 3 —interacting with different aquatic and land animals at a zoo.
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Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
Fewer than 20,000 Sumatran orangutans remain in the wild, according to zoo officials.
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Noun
Within days, Swift was on the road again, with Kelce joining her in Australia for some koala-cuddling at the zoo.
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ABC News,
3 July 2026
According to the zoo, Cusi enjoys riding on mom Sago's chest.
—
Aki Nace,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
In the latest post, which featured 19 photos, Brittany shared snaps of her three children — daughters Sterling, 5, and Golden, 17 months, and son, Bronze, 3 —interacting with different aquatic and land animals at a zoo.
—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
Fewer than 20,000 Sumatran orangutans remain in the wild, according to zoo officials.
—
Reeti Malhotra
july 1,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for zoo
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“Zoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zoo. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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zoo
noun
plural zoos
: a garden or park where living usually wild animals are kept for showing to the public
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