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fish tank

American  
[fish tank] / ˈfɪʃ ˌtænk /
Sometimes fishtank

noun

  1. a glass-sided tank for keeping, displaying, or observing live fish or other aquatic animals.


Etymology

Origin of fish tank

First recorded in 1880-85

Example Sentences

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Many directors may feel that if you chose to watch Fish Tank instead, that would be the dog’s bollocks.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2019

American Honey, the latest from Fish Tank and Red Road writer-director Andrea Arnold, is set in a similarly harsh world, where poverty whittles the available joys down to a small menu.

From The Verge • Sep. 9, 2016

JC: I was going to say that after her movie "Fish Tank," some people worried if she was box-office poisson.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2016

Compared with the dire conditions found in Faridpur and Reynosa, the women who work at the Fish Tank have almost middle-class lives.

From Salon • May 18, 2012

Fish Tank director Andrea Arnold was also behind a recent adaptation of Wuthering Heights "All 22 films in the official selection were written, happy coincidence, by 22 men."

From BBC • May 16, 2012

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