Definitions for menagerie

menagerie me·nag·er·ie

Spelling: [muh-naj-uh-ree, -nazh-]
IPA: /məˈnædʒ ə ri, -ˈnæʒ-/

Menagerie is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 330 anagrams from letters in menagerie (aeeegimnr).

Definitions for menagerie

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.

Origin of menagerie

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

Examples for menagerie

Does she still keep a menagerie for sick dogs and lost cats?

Guangdong has long been known for its menagerie of exotic ingredients.

They had not been herded together like animals in a menagerie, as in Colonel Corkran's day.

We sat in front of a modernist gas fireplace as a menagerie of tourists came and went about us.

Then to a meek huérfanita, feeding her menagerie, I made oration.

Are you thinking we are live kangaroos escaped from a menagerie?

"Your friends sound like a menagerie," remarked Zeb, uneasily.

A pile of straw right by the menagerie lit on fire, and reached the tent in seconds.

A year later, the press speculated that Bubbles died when a fire tore through Jackson's Santa Barbara menagerie.

What we get is a menagerie of grotesques, which seems to be a Ryan Murphy staple.

Word Value for menagerie
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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