fish tank

Sometimes fish·tank

[fish tank]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fish tank¹

First recorded in 1880-85

Example Sentences

And then, you know, next thing I know, palm trees, plants are being slammed, fish tanks turned over.

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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.

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Make sure any indoor animal cages or fish tanks are not in direct sunlight.

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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.

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My mom would take my younger brother and me to Flushing, Queens, for groceries, depositing us in front of the fish tanks while she moved with snappy efficiency through produce and specialty goods.

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