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

On songs like “Slushy” and “Predictable Girl,” she intertwines a menagerie of robotic, spacey sirens with tinges of Jersey club beats and ’90s-influenced R&B chords.

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His team scrounged up three, including a rental from actor Giovanni Ribisi, who has developed a reputation as a cinematographer and camera whisperer with a menagerie of restored relics.

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His fake menagerie has become a popular roadside attraction.

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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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