solarium
/səˈlɛəɹ.i.əm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A room, rooftop, balcony, or terrace, used for its abundant sunlight, especially when used as a medical treatment.
Canadian usage; American usage
noun
Synonym of tanning salon, a room or business used for its sunlamps or tanning beds.
British usage
noun
An earthen structure constructed by certain ants for the purpose of brood incubation.
name
A large monument in ancient Rome and its modern ruins.
name
A former constellation located between the constellations of Horologium, Dorado, and Hydrus
Example Sentences
- "My brother kept a health-lift a few years ago... and then he had a blue-glass solarium."
- "The solariums on the roofs of the houses of the ancient Greeks and Romans testify to the benefits obtained by them from sun baths."
- "The Greeks had their helioses and the Romans their solaria; yet heliotherapy has as yet scarcely emerged from the most empiric of performances into the dignity of a scientifically justified or rationalized procedure."
- "[…] this solarium being made for a different meridian […]"
- "[…] lifting his eyes from the solarium set under the aplustre for reference in keeping the course..."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Solarium