fish tank
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1.5
- noun
- /fɪʃ tæŋk/
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acuario
- - Surely, right now I have to go clean my fish tank.
They sit, they watch the goldfish in the fish tank.
- They sit, they watch the goldfish in the fish tank.
- We're going to immerse the whole model building in a fish tank.
- Like friend of mine, all he's into is like fish tanks.
- And yeah, there's so much life in a fish tank.
- And I got a big fish tank and imported all sorts of little animals and plants from the tide pools in the haunt.
- Dogs chase plastic balls, fish tanks stuffed with men.
- And I would still need metal and fittings and a fish tank and two.
- It's yo, this like, smells like, like a fish tank.
Examples
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The guidance counselor, Michael, showed us a fish tank in his office containing two lionfish.
Blog text (18) -
Richard, the filter is broken in the fish tank.
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What are they doing in the fish tank?
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There was like a fish tank, a huge fish tank right outside my room.
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The fish tank sat on a partition that separated the living room from the dining room.
Fiction book (2000) -
Most clownfishes are hardy and relatively easy to keep in a fish tank; as a result, clownfishes have become popular pets.
Academic text (2005) -
Sayer glances back into the fish tank at the eel behind the rock, its home.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the fish tank, the one last lobster bumped lazily against the glass.
Fiction book (2000) -
In another corner stands a cylindrical floor-to-ceiling fish tank, filled with piranha.
Fiction book (1991) -
The colorful fish swam gracefully in their fish tank near the window.
Synonyms
115
2.7
A tank of water for keeping fish and water plants
6
2.5
A round glass bowl for keeping small pet fish
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1.4
A clear round container to keep small pet fish
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Morphology
The meaning 'a container for keeping live fish' is directly derivable from combining 'fish' (the occupant) with 'tank' (a vessel), following a common noun–noun modifier pattern. This compositional structure is cross-linguistically frequent and would be immediately clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The name fish tank gives a simple picture: a tank, a water container, holding fish, often made of clear glass so you can watch them swim, so it means 'a glass container for keeping live fish'.