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solarium |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Solarium \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: solarium n : a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun [syn: {sun parlor}, {sun parlour}, {sun porch}, {sunroom}, {sun lounge}]
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