library

library
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W1S2 [ˈlaıbrəri, -bri US -breri] n plural libraries
[Date: 1300-1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: librarium, from Latin liber 'book']
1.) a room or building containing books that can be looked at or borrowed
→↑bookshop
a public library
school/college/university library
a library book
library staff
2.) a group of books, CDs etc, collected by one person
3.) a room in a large house where books are kept
4.) a set of books, CDs, videos etc that are produced by the same company and have the same general appearance
a library of modern classics
5.) library pictures/footage
BrE film or pictures used in a television programme which are not recent

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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