library

li·brar·y  (lbrr)

n. pl. li·brar·ies

1.

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.

2. A commercial establishment that lends books for a fee.

3. A series or set of books issued by a publisher.

4. A collection of recorded data or tapes arranged for ease of use.

5. A set of things similar to a library in appearance, function, or organization: a library of computer programs.

6. 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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[Middle English librarie, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin librrium, bookcase, from neuter of librrius, of books, from liber, libr-, book.]

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library

Noun

pl -braries

1. a room or building where books and other literary materials are kept

2. a collection of literary materials, films, tapes, or records, kept for borrowing or reference

3. the building or institution that houses such a collection

4. a set of books published as a series, often in a similar format

5. Computers a collection of standard programs, usually stored on disk [Latin liber book]

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Library a collection of books, 1540; therefore a collection of knowledge.

Examples: library of God’s law, 1703; of opinions, 1570; of reason, 1485; of my understanding, 1549.

Thesaurus

Noun	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"
	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
	3.	library - a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study depository library athenaeum, atheneum - a place where reading materials are available carrell, cubicle, carrel, 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
	4.	library - (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use program library, subroutine library 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
	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"

Translations

library [ˈlaɪbrərɪ] n → biblioteca

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library [ˈlaɪbrərɪ] n → bibliothèque f

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library [ˈlaɪbrərɪ] n → Bibliothek f;

(institution) → Bücherei f

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library [ˈlaɪbrərɪ] n → biblioteca