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      library
      noun
      An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
      (by extension) Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.
      A collection of books or other forms of stored information.
      A room dedicated to storing books.
      (programming) A collection of software routines that provide functionality to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.
      An equivalent collection of analogous information in a non-printed form, e.g. record library.
      (genetics) A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease.
      (card games, Magic: The Gathering) The deck or draw pile.
      Roots
      liberlibrar- · Latin · book
      Synonyms for library
      bibliothecanbookcasenbookmobilenathenaeumnarchivesnrepositoryndepositorynstacksnmuseumnstorehousen
      Words related to library
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      Where does library come from?

      The word library breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root librar-, from Latin liber (“book”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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