aviary
noun
a large cage or a house or enclosure in which birds are kept.
aviaries
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pluralof aviary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And then there were moments of “11,000 Strings” that sounded like the musical aviaries of Olivier Messiaen emanating from a far away lath house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
Right-pushing birds were transferred into aviaries where resident birds were using the left-hand solution, and vice versa.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024
In an attempt to entice the escaped birds back, he placed a large feeding tray in the walkway between his aviaries.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2023
There are three aviaries, where visitors walk among the birds, plus an outdoor area where birds are kept in enclosures.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023
In England they were in use at least as early as 1577, when William Harrison refers to "our costlie and curious aviaries".
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
