Short for zoological garden, a place for keeping and studying animals.
Animal park
noun
animals
neutral
A place where animals, especially wild animals, are kept for people to see or study.
Examples
- We went to the zoo on Saturday.
- The zoo has three elephants.
- Have you ever visited this zoo?
- A keeper fed the lions at the zoo.
- Several zoos work to protect endangered animals.
Similar words
zoological garden
Chaotic place
noun
informal
informal
A place that is crowded, noisy, or disorganized.
Examples
- The kitchen was a zoo before the party.
- Our classroom turns into a zoo at the end of the day.
- The station was a complete zoo after the game.
- "It was a zoo in there," she said of the busy shop.
- With fifty guests arriving at once, the house became a zoo.
Similar words
madhouse
circus
chaos