library
An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
Noun 4 meanings
An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
“She went to exchange her books at her local library.”
Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.
“You can check out a bandsaw from the tool library.”
A collection of books or other forms of stored information.
A collection of information or reference materials not in book form.
“She has the most impressive record library I've ever seen.”
Etymology
From Middle English librarie, from Anglo-Norman librarie, from Old French librairie, from Latin librarium (“bookcase, chest for books”), from librarius (“concerning books”), from liber (“the inner bark of trees; paper, parchment, book”), probably derived from a Proto-Indo-European base *leub(ʰ)- (“to strip, to peel”).
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LIBRARY at a glance
LIBRARY has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (L 1 + I 1 + B 3 + R 1 + A 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,417 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with library
All rhymes- MILITARY13
- SECRETARY14
- NECESSARY14
- PRIMARY14
- MARY9
- ANNIVERSARY17
- SECONDARY15
- CONTEMPORARY21
- TEMPORARY16
- ORDINARY12
- SCARY10
- SUMMARY14
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