Museum
/mjuːˈziːəm/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
"visit the history museum"
- 2 a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value wordnet
Verb
- 1 To place in a museum. ambitransitive
"I use daily those books that for others are museumed. The glass case approach depresses me, makes books into porcelain, guts them of what they are."
- 2 To visit museums. colloquial, intransitive
"I told her I'd do just one visit to start; I don't really have time to do a lot of museuming."
Example
More examples"When was it that you visited the museum?"
Etymology
From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).