noun (plural libraries)
1 a building in which collections of books, tapes, newspapers, etc. are kept for people to read, study or borrow:
a public / reference / university library * library books * a toy library (= for borrowing toys)
2 a room in a large house where most of the books are kept
3 (formal) a personal collection of books, CDs, etc:
a new edition to add to your library
4 a series of books, recordings, etc. produced by the same company and similar in appearance:
a library of children's classics
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for library is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does library appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — library appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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