A room, gallery, or glassed-in porch exposed to the sun.
[Latin sōlārium, terrace, flat housetop, from sōl, sun.]
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A room, gallery, or glassed-in porch exposed to the sun.
[Latin sōlārium, terrace, flat housetop, from sōl, sun.]
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun
Synonyms: sun parlor, sun parlour, sun porch, sunroom, sun lounge
A solarium is an earthen structure constructed by certain members of the Formicidae for the purpose of brood incubation. Solaria are usually dome-shaped and fashioned from a paper-thin layer of soil, connected to the main nest by way of subterranean runs.
Tapinoma erraticum is an example of a solaria-constructing species whose skill at so doing was noted by Horace Donisthorpe in the early 20th Century in his book British Ants, their Life Histories and Classification.
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Français (French)
n. - solarium
Deutsch (German)
n. - Solarium
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σολάριουμ, λιακωτό
Português (Portuguese)
n. - solário (m), eirado (m)
Русский (Russian)
солярий, солнечная комната, солнечный балкон, солнечные часы
Español (Spanish)
n. - solario
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - solarium, solarie
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
日光浴室
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 日光浴室
한국어 (Korean)
n. - (병원 등의) 일광욕실, 해시계
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 日光浴室, サンルーム, 日時計
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ألمشمس, حجرة معرضه لأشعه ألشمس في مستشفى أو فندق بحري
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חדר-שמש, חדר-זכוכית
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