SOLARIUM

Etymology

Noun

solarium (plural solariums or solaria)

An establishment with sunbeds in it or where one can rent sunbeds.

A room, with many windows, exposed to the sun.

(historical) An apartment or enclosure on the roof of a house.

An apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.

A sundial.

Anagrams

• soralium

Source: Wiktionary


So*la"ri*um, n.; pl. Solaria. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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