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zoo break

zoo break noun: a breakout by animals from a zoo.

Noun

zoo break (plural zoo breaks)

  1. (rare) A breakout by animals from a zoo.
    • The Herald published a fictitious story of a zoo break, accompanied by pictures of elephants, donkeys, lions and other brothers of the menagerie.1936, Today: An Independent National Weekly, volume 6, →OCLC, page iv
    • One night there was a zoo break, and one of the elephants wound up in the young lady's vegetable garden.1950, The Virginia Spectator, →OCLC, page 8

Forms of zoo break

pluralzoo breaks

Questions about zoo break

What does zoo break mean?
Zoo break means a breakout by animals from a zoo.
What part of speech is zoo break?
Zoo break is a noun.
What is the plural of zoo break?
The plural of zoo break is zoo breaks.

Words near zoo break in the dictionary

  1. zoo
  2. zoo animal
  3. zoo animals
  4. zoo blot
  5. zoo blots
  6. zoo break
  7. zoo breaks
  8. zoo format
  9. zoo formats
  10. zoo plane
  11. zoo planes

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