Synonyms for observatory

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh b-zur-vuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

Phonetic Transcription : əbˈzɜr vəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i

Définition of observatory

Origin : "building for observing astronomical phenomena," 1670s (in reference to Greenwich), from French observatoire, from observer (v.); see observe.

noun watchtower

Example sentences :

No doubt a wicked attempt to blow up the Observatory, they say.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

You see, I have a few of those eggs myself, up at the observatory.
Extract from : « Spawn of the Comet » by Harold Thompson Rich

She straightened, and grasping Sarka by the hand, hurried with him into the observatory.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various

As to the outer wall of the Observatory it did not show as much as the faintest crack.
Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad

The year 1678 found him in the full tide of work in his observatory.
Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball

He had made no attempt to combine the routine of a parish with his labours in the observatory.
Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball

Airy's scientific work was, however, by no means confined to the observatory.
Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball

De Vico's observation of July 12, 1837 (Observatory, 2-424).
Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort

In the Observatory, 6-192, is Maunder's contemporaneous account.
Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort

I slept on Sunday night at my dear friend's, Mr. Johnson's, at the Observatory.
Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman

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