Search Result for "library": pronunciation
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. a room where books are kept;
- Example: "they had brandy in the library"

2. a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing;

3. a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study;
[syn: library, depository library]

4. (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use;
[syn: library, program library, subroutine library]

5. a building that houses a collection of books and other materials; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Library \Li"bra*ry\ (l[imac]"br[asl]*r[y^]), n.; pl. Libraries
   (-r[i^]z). [OE. librairie, F. librairie bookseller's shop,
   book trade, formerly, a library, fr. libraire bookseller, L.
   librarius, from liber book; cf. libraria bookseller's shop,
   librarium bookcase, It. libreria. See Libel.]
   1. A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not
      as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a
      collection of books. --Holland.
      [1913 Webster]


U.S. Gazetteer (1990):

Library, PA
  Zip code(s): 15129


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

132 Moby Thesaurus words for "library":
   ALA, American Library Association, Bodleian Library,
   British Museum, Festschrift, Indian reservation,
   Library of Congress, Vatican Library, ana, anthology, aquarium,
   archives, armory, arsenal, atelier, athenaeum, attic, back number,
   bank, basement, bay, bibliotheca, bin, bird sanctuary, body,
   bonded warehouse, book wagon, bookcase, bookery, bookmobile,
   bookroom, box, bunker, buttery, cargo dock, cellar, chest,
   chrestomathy, circulating library, closet, collectanea, collection,
   compilation, conservatory, copy, corpus, crate, crib, cupboard,
   data, depository, depot, dock, drawer, dump, edition, exchequer,
   florilegium, forest preserve, fund, game reserve, glory hole,
   godown, hold, holdings, hutch, impression, issue, lending library,
   library edition, locker, loft, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin,
   magazine, menagerie, museum, national forest, national park,
   number, office, paradise, park, preserve, printing, public library,
   rack, raw data, reading room, rental library, repertory,
   repository, reservation, reserve, reservoir, rick, sail loft,
   sanctuary, school edition, series, set, shelf, stack, stack room,
   stacks, state forest, stock room, storage, store, storehouse,
   storeroom, studio, study, supply base, supply depot, tank,
   trade book, trade edition, treasure, treasure house, treasure room,
   treasury, vat, vault, volume, warehouse, wilderness preserve,
   wildlife preserve, wine cellar, workroom, zoo