English noun: library |
1. | library (artifact) a room where books are kept |
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| Samples | They had brandy in the library.
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| Broader (hypernym) | room |
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| Part meronym | house |
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2. | library (group) a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing |
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| Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bibliotheca, public library, rental collection |
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3. | library (artifact) a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study |
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| Synonyms | depository library |
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| Broader (hypernym) | deposit, depositary, depository, repository |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | athenaeum, atheneum, circulating library, lending library |
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| Part holonym | carrel, carrell, cubicle, reading room, stacks, stall |
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4. | library (group) (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use |
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| Synonyms | program library, subroutine library |
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| Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection |
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| Part holonym | cataloged procedure, library program, library routine |
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| Domain category | computer programing, computer programming, programing, programming |
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5. | library (artifact) a building that houses a collection of books and other materials |
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| Broader (hypernym) | building, edifice |
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| Instance hyponym | National Library of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine, United States National Library of Medicine |
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