fish tank
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fish tank
First recorded in 1880-85
Example Sentences
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Robbie Collin of the Daily Telegraph concurred, his headline describing his experience of the film "like watching £300m of glitter tipped into a fish tank."
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
We’re calm now—calm enough to face the reality that your iPhone is about to look like a digital fish tank, permanently full of water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2025
In the corner of the room, boxes and bags stuffed with clothes, towels and blankets that hadn’t been fouled by smoke from the Eaton fire sat next to a fish tank with discolored water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025
He’s settled into his place in the world in a 30 Rock corner office, decorating it accordingly: stained-glass Buddy Holly window, fish tank, family snapshots, photo of himself brushing his teeth with Paul McCartney.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
She sat on the top of the fish tank and cocked her head from one side to the other, looking at Winn-Dixie.
From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo
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