zoo

n. a park where many kinds of live animals are kept so that people can look at them.

n. a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also breed.

“The children were excited to see the elephants and giraffes at the zoo.”

“Modern zoos often focus on conservation and education rather than mere entertainment, providing habitats that mimic the animals' natural environments.”

n. a place that is very crowded, noisy, or disorganized.

n. a situation or place characterized by extreme confusion, disorder, or frantic activity.

“The airport was a total zoo because of the flight delays.”

“With three different projects reaching their deadlines simultaneously, the office has turned into a complete zoo this week.”

Informal

n. a large and diverse group of different things.

n. a diverse or heterogeneous collection of items, often implying a lack of systematic organization.

“His desk was covered in a zoo of old cables, broken pens, and coffee cups.”

“The software architecture had become a zoo of incompatible protocols and legacy code that no single developer fully understood.”

Informal