Nonlibrary

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place or institution other than a library.

    "Two of the longest average visit lengths belonged to nonlibraries. The tours to the binderies and to the printers and publishers lasted on the average of 1.45 and 1.71 hours respectively."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not of or pertaining to a library. not-comparable

Example

More examples

"Two of the longest average visit lengths belonged to nonlibraries. The tours to the binderies and to the printers and publishers lasted on the average of 1.45 and 1.71 hours respectively."

Etymology

From non- + library.

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