Library Definition

lībrĕrē
libraries
noun
libraries
A collection of books, periodicals, musical scores, music and film recordings, etc., esp. a large, systematically arranged collection for reading or reference.
Webster's New World
A collection of such materials, especially when systematically arranged.
American Heritage
A room or building where such a collection is kept.
Webster's New World
A public or private institution in charge of the care and circulation of such a collection.
Webster's New World
A set or series of books issued in a single format by a publishing house.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Library

Noun

Singular:
library
Plural:
libraries

Origin of Library

  • 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"). Displaced native Middle English bochus, bochous (“library, bookhouse") (from Old English bōchÅ«s (“library, bookhouse")).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English librarie from Anglo-Norman from Latin librārium bookcase from neuter of librārius of books from liber libr- inner bark of trees used as a writing material, book

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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