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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Solarium \So*la"ri*um\, noun; pl. {Solaria}. [L. See {Solar}, noun]
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) 2.0 [wn]:
solarium
noun: a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun [syn: {sun parlor}, {sun parlour}, {sun porch}, {sunroom}, {sun lounge}] [also: {solaria} (pl)]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "solarium": best room, drawing room, foreroom, front room, gallery, lanai, living room, parlor, patio, piazza, porch, salon, saloon, sitting room, sleeping porch, stoop, sun parlor, sun porch, sunroom, veranda
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