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

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

From BBC

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

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.

From Salon

As they rounded the rest of the house — bedrooms with dressers secured to the wall, a living room with paintings of sailboats, a fish tank — Hamilton-Royse asked if LyBurtus felt any better.

From Los Angeles Times

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