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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A fish tank at the entrance features a Route 66 theme, as does a mural on a small wall of the parking lot.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
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
The hotel included a 20,000-gallon fish tank at its reception desk and 3,049 rooms.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2024
The fish tank took up half the desk space, and there was still room for writing.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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