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1. (n.) library
a place, as a building or set of rooms, containing books, recordings, or other reading, viewing, or listening materials arranged and cataloged in a fixed way.
2. library
such a place together with the staff maintaining it, as a public facility funded by a government, as part of a school, business, etc., or as a private establishment.
3. library
any collection of books, or the space containing them.
4. library
any set of items resembling a library in appearance, organization, or purpose:
a library of computer software.
5. library
a series of books of similar character or alike in size, binding, etc., issued by a single publishing house.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME libraire < MF librairie < ML librāria, n. use of fem. of L librārius (adj.) of books)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) library
a room where books are kept
"they had brandy in the library"
2. (noun) library
a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing
3. (noun) library, depository library
a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
4. (noun) library, program library, subroutine library
(computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use
5. (noun) library
a building that houses a collection of books and other materials
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1. (noun) library
a place people can borrow books from, find out information, etc.
the public library; a college library
2. library
a room in a building or house where books are kept
the law firm's library
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) library
a considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library
2. (noun) library
a building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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library
A place where the dead lie.
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Sense: (a building or room containing) a collection of books, tapes, videos etc
He works in the public library; She has a fine library of books about art.
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 Afrikaans: biblioteek |
 Arabic: مَكْتَبَه |
 Bulgarian: библиотека |
 Brazilian: biblioteca |
 Czech: knihovna |
 German: die Bücherei |
 Danish: bibliotek; bogsamling |
 Greek: βιβλιοθήκη |
 Spanish: biblioteca |
 Estonian: raamatukogu |
 Farsi: کتابخانه |
 Finnish: kirjasto |
 French: bibliothèque |
 Hebrew: סִפרִייָה |
 Hindi: पुस्तकालय |
 Croatian: knjižnica, biblioteka |
 Hungarian: könyvtár |
 Indonesian: perpustakaan |
 Icelandic: bókasafn |
 Italian: biblioteca |
 Japanese: 図書館 |
 Korean: 도서관 |
 Lithuanian: biblioteka |
 Latvian: bibliotēka |
 Malay: perpustakaan |
 Dutch: bibliotheek |
 Norwegian: bibliotek |
 Polish: biblioteka |
 Persian: کتابخانه |
 Pashto: كتابتون |
 Portuguese: biblioteca |
 Romanian: bibliotecă |
 Russian: библиотека |
 Slovak: knižnica |
 Slovenian: knjižnica |
 Serbian: biblioteka |
 Swedish: bibliotek |
 Thai: ห้องสมุด |
 Turkish: kütüphane |
 Taiwanese: 圖書館 |
 Ukrainian: бібліотека |
 Urdu: کتب خانہ |
 Vietnamese: thư viện |
 Chinese: 图书馆 |
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