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  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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