library
The definition of a library is a collection of books, or is a room or a building where collections of books are stored.
(noun)- An example of a library is 10 mystery novels that you own.
- An example of a library is a room in your house with bookshelves and lots of books.
- An example of a library is a building you visit in your town where you are allowed to get a card to check out books.
See library in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. libraries
- a collection of books, periodicals, musical scores, films, phonograph records, etc., esp. a large, systematically arranged collection for reading or reference
- a room or building where such a collection is kept
- a public or private institution in charge of the care and circulation of such a collection
- a set or series of books issued in a single format by a publishing house
- any collection of things that is organized for a particular purpose: a software library
Origin: ME librarie < OFr < libraire, copyist < L librarius, n., transcriber of books, adj., of books < liber, a book, orig. inner bark or rind of a tree (which was written on) < IE base *leubh-, to peel off > leaf, Gr lepein, to strip off rind
See library in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. li·brar·ies
- a. A place in which literary and artistic materials, such as books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, prints, records, and tapes, are kept for reading, reference, or lending.b. A collection of such materials, especially when systematically arranged.c. A room in a private home for such a collection.d. An institution or foundation maintaining such a collection.
- A commercial establishment that lends books for a fee.
- A series or set of books issued by a publisher.
- A collection of recorded data or tapes arranged for ease of use.
- A set of things similar to a library in appearance, function, or organization: a library of computer programs.
- Genetics A collection of cloned DNA sequences whose location and identity can be established by mapping the genome of a particular organism.
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Origin: Middle English librarie
Origin: , from Anglo-Norman
Origin: , from Latin librārium, bookcase
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Origin: neuter of librārius, of books
Origin: , from liber, libr-, book
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