Words / A1

ZOO/zuː/

A zoo is a place where wild animals are kept for people to see. Zoo is countable: a zoo, two zoos. A farm has farm animals; a zoo has lions, elephants, and similar. Too means also — same sound, different spelling.

Meaning

A place where wild animals are kept for people to see.

Examples

• “The children went to the zoo.”
• “The zoo opens at ten.”
• “We saw the penguins at the zoo.”

Good to know

at the zoo. Contrast: farm. Mix-up: too.

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