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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.

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  1. n. 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. n. 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.
  3. n. a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun
  4. 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. (Zoöl.) 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.
  5. Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells ofthe genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, andusually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Calledalso perspective shell.
  6. n:100 n a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun