menagerie

[muh-naj-uh-ree, -nazh-]

noun

1. a collection of wild or unusual animals, especially for exhibition.

2. a place where they are kept or exhibited.

3. an unusual and varied group of people.

menagerie

/ mɪˈnædʒərɪ /

noun

1. a collection of wild animals kept for exhibition

2. the place where such animals are housed

Word History and Origins

Origin of menagerie¹

1705–15; < French: literally, housekeeping. See ménage, -ery

Word History and Origins

Origin of menagerie¹

C18: from French: household management, which formerly included care of domestic animals. See _ménage

Example Sentences

Callender’s shop employs more than 80 people and, in the span of just a few years, has added a half-dozen welding robots alongside a menagerie of other automation systems.

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For Churchill, an avid collector of rare and exotic animals, the platypus's intrigue only made him more desperate to have one – or six – for his menagerie.

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Marooned on “a breathtaking piece of land” at the peninsula’s far western edge, steps from the deadly surf at Ocean Beach, the timeworn seaside menagerie had endured weeks of gray gloom.

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This pageant of puppetry includes a flutter of butterflies, a goat with a plaintive bleat, a menagerie of wild animals and, at one point, a school of glowing fish.

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The Eaton fire chased her and her family and menagerie of pets from the home about 3 a.m.

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