observatory.

A place equipped for observing astronomical or other natural phenomena.

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Words that belong together

• mountaintop observatory
• astronomical observatory

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Snow cut off the mountaintop observatory for six days.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular observatory; plural observatories. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, technology. Commonness: moderately common.