Usually means: Facility for observing astronomical phenomena.
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  1. observatory: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. observatory: Merriam-Webster
  3. observatory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. observatory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. observatory: Collins English Dictionary
  6. observatory: Vocabulary.com
  7. Observatory, observatory, the-observatory: Wordnik
  8. observatory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. observatory: Wiktionary
  10. observatory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. observatory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. observatory: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Observatory, observatory: Dictionary.com
  14. observatory: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. observatory: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Observatory (disambiguation), Observatory (horse), Observatory, The Observatory (band), The Observatory (journal), The Observatory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Observatory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. observatory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. observatory: Rhymezone
  20. observatory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. observatory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. observatory: FreeDictionary.org
  23. observatory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. observatory: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. observatory: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. observatory: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. OBSERVATORY: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Observatory: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (observatory)

▸ noun:  A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.
▸ noun:  A lookout (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)

Similar:
lookout, lookout station, observation tower, meteoroscope, planetarium, heaven, celestial object, planetary object, satellite planet, uranometry, more...

Opposite:
blind, sightless, unseeing

Types:
radio observatory, optical observatory, X-ray observatory, more...

Phrases:
astronomical observatory, naval observatory, Lick Observatory, royal observatory, greenwich observatory, more...

Adjectives:
astronomical, new, magnetic, first, meteorological, private, solar, small, national, famous, old

Colors:
    midnight blue,     cosmic latte,     starry night,     deep space black,     celestial silver, more...


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Similar:
lookout, lookout station, observation tower, meteoroscope, planetarium, heaven, celestial object, planetary object, satellite planet, uranometry, more...

Opposite:
blind, sightless, unseeing

Types:
radio observatory, optical observatory, X-ray observatory, more...

Phrases:
astronomical observatory, naval observatory, Lick Observatory, royal observatory, greenwich observatory, Lowell Observatory, Yerkes Observatory, bird observatory, Palomar Observatory, McDonald Observatory, more...

Adjectives:
astronomical, new, magnetic, first, meteorological, private, solar, small, national, famous, old

Colors:
    midnight blue,     cosmic latte,     starry night,     deep space black,     celestial silver, more...



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