English > depository library: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study. |
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| Synonym | library |
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| Parts | carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall | small individual study area in a library |
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| reading room | A room set aside for reading |
| stacks | storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored |
| Narrower | athenaeum, atheneum | A place where reading materials are available |
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| lending library, circulating library | library that provides books for use outside the building |
| Broader | depository, deposit, depositary, repository | A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
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| Spanish | biblioteca, bibliotecas |
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| Catalan | biblioteca |
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