fish tank
Americannoun
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fish tanks
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fish tank
First recorded in 1880-85
Example Sentences
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Then they noticed Huber’s many sound recordings, along with the underwater microphones and copper plates in the fish tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 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
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
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 ● Aug. 27, 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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