Definitions for terrarium

terrarium ter·rar·i·um

Spelling: [tuh-rair-ee-uh m]
IPA: /təˈrɛər i əm/

Terrarium is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 256 anagrams from letters in terrarium (aeimrrrtu).

Definitions for terrarium

noun

  1. a vivarium for land animals (distinguished from aquarium).
  2. a glass container, chiefly or wholly enclosed, for growing and displaying plants.

Origin of terrarium

First recorded in 1885-90; terr(a) + -arium

Examples for terrarium

In the bottom of the terrarium were three inches of rich soil, covered with the delicate green of sprouting grass-seed.

When they have been in the terrarium awhile they will show you how they like to spend the winter.

On other occasions they preferred the netting at the ends and top of the terrarium.

They generally slept clinging to the wire-netting at the ends or top of the terrarium.

Every one can also find crickets, and no terrarium will be complete without them.

A terrarium is "an inclosed bit of earth on which things may live and grow."

Here is a fragment of the drama, as written in one terrarium.

This terrarium was made from an old berry crate (Figs. 125, 126).

This happened until there were seven butterflies in the terrarium.

If you miss them some day, search in the terrarium for the chrysalids into which they have changed.

Word Value for terrarium
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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