Select one word for the following sentence from the given options :-
A place where birds are kept
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Aviary
An aviary is a large cage or enclosure in which birds are kept (from Latin avis, "bird").
Example: The zoo's walk-through aviary has more than fifty kinds of birds.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Apiary — Incorrect. An apiary is a place where bees are kept (from Latin apis, "bee").
Example: The farmer sells honey from his apiary.
Option 3: Dairy — Incorrect. A dairy is a place where milk is kept or processed, or a shop that sells milk products.
Example: We buy fresh curd from the dairy near our house.
Option 4: Eyrie — Incorrect. An eyrie is the nest of an eagle or another bird of prey, built high on a cliff; birds are not kept there.
Example: The eagle flew back to its eyrie on the cliff.