Definitions for aviary

aviary a·vi·ar·y

Spelling: [ey-vee-er-ee]
IPA: /ˈeɪ viˌɛr i/

Aviary is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in aviary (aairvy).

Definitions for aviary

noun

  1. a large cage or a house or enclosure in which birds are kept.

Origin of aviary

1570-80; Latin aviārium a place where birds are kept, noun use of neuter of aviārius pertaining to birds. See avi-, -ary

Examples for aviary

I have seen them alive at Singapore in an aviary, and they are indeed gorgeous.

The aviary at Yorke-house was built by his lordship; it did cost 300li.

The best of all is an aviary where they can move as freely as if they were out-of-doors.

The air was thronged with birds, and every tree was an aviary.

In England this species has been made to breed in an aviary.

But the use to which I was ambitious to put my—or our—conservatory was that of an aviary.

One might have supposed one's self at an opera in listening to the voices in my aviary.

For a few moments there had been a noise as of an aviary in commotion in the adjoining room.

I could thus watch the doings of the latest additions to my aviary.

This remark brings us back to the aviary, and its general size.

Word Value for aviary
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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