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Meaning of SOLARIUM

Pronunciation:  sow'lehreeum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun
 
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 Synonyms: sun lounge, sun parlor, sun parlour, sun porch, sunroom
 
 See Also: room

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\So*la"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Solaria}. [L. See {Solar}, n.]
1. An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an
   apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern
   times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for
   convalescents.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of handsome marine
   spiral shells of the genus {Solarium} and allied genera.
   The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep
   umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called also
   {perspective shell}.
 

 

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