Word Type

Noun

The word "library" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

book book store bookstore store

Typical Location

canada college decent sized town downtown house librarian school town

Capable Of

allow books to borrowed fine borrower include books and music lend books to lend books to public stock many books

Causes Desire

read

Coordinate Terms

bookshop bookstore framework

Defined As

cornerstone of educational institution

Derived Terms

Borgesian library Carnegie library antilibrary circulating library cyberlibrary cybrary diaper library digital library dynamic-link library e-library ebrary film library free library interlibrary lending library librametry librarial librarian librariana librarious library and information science library assistant library card library catalog library catalogue library hand library paste library school library science library sort library voice libraryful librarying libraryless librarylike microlibrary mobile library multilibrary nappy library nonlibrary public library record library reference library school library seed library shadow library sidewalk library street library sublibrary tape library videolibrary why buy a book when you can join a library why buy a book when you can join the library

Has Part

books books for loan librarian literature lots of books many books and magazines many shelves rules about being quiet thousands of books

Context

card games computer science programming

Has Property

dark

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accumulation aggregation assemblage building collection deposit depositary depository edifice repository room

Type Of (IsA)

archive big storage of information building collection collection display setting collection of documents company department depository fixed indoor space holding organization place place of wonder place opens and closes product display organization quiet place repository for books room service organization where people keep and read books

Part Of

house

Related Terms

all books book book building book collection book depository book depot book filled book house book lender book place book rental book repository book room book shelves book storage book store book warehouse books books home books inside books place books quiet books rent bookshop borrow borrow books building can can loan card card carrying card catalog carrying catalog center centre check check out checking checking out cities city city center city centre collection decimal deck depository depot dewey dewey decimal digital library educational educational place facility filled free free borrow government government building home house houses houses books inside large large building learning learning place lender lending lending place loan loan books loans loans books lot lot books lots lots books many books out place place for plenty plenty books public public place quiet reading reading place reading room record library rent rental rents rents books repository room school schools shelves storage store structure studying towns very very quiet warehouse with books

Synonym Network

bookhouse

Used For

borrow books borrow fiction novel borrowing books discovering discovering facts do research finding books to read finding information gathering information gathering place holding many books lending books lendings books obtain and read books organizing knowlege public good reading reading books reading magazines reading old newspapers research research company research different topics retrieving knowlege storage of books storing books study for test studying

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