| library | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. library | a room where books are kept.; "they had brandy in the library" |
| ~ house | a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families.; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" |
| ~ room | an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" |
| n. (group) | 2. library | a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing. |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ bibliotheca | a collection of books. |
| ~ public library | a nonprofit library maintained for public use. |
| ~ rental collection | a collection of books that can be rented by readers in return for a small daily fee. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. depository library, library | a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study. |
| ~ athenaeum, atheneum | a place where reading materials are available. |
| ~ carrell, carrel, cubicle, stall | small individual study area in a library. |
| ~ depositary, depository, repository, deposit | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping. |
| ~ circulating library, lending library | library that provides books for use outside the building. |
| ~ reading room | a room set aside for reading. |
| ~ stacks | storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored. |
| n. (group) | 4. library, program library, subroutine library | (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use. |
| ~ computer programing, computer programming, programing, programming | creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something. |
| ~ library program | a program in a program library. |
| ~ cataloged procedure | a set of control statements that have been placed in a library and can be retrieved by name. |
| ~ library routine | a debugged routine that is maintained in a program library. |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. library | a building that houses a collection of books and other materials. |
| ~ building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| ~ national library of medicine, u.s. national library of medicine, united states national library of medicine | the world's largest medical library. |
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