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Library
/ˈlaɪbɹi/
Today’s word is River.
What it means
- 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.
- noun
(by extension) Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.
- noun
A collection of books or other forms of stored information.
Where it comes from
Library comes from Latin librarium, a chest for books, from liber, a book. Liber first meant the inner bark of a tree, which people wrote on. English took library up for a collection of books, and then for the room or building that holds them.
In a sentence
- This library is new.by Apollogeist, Tatoeba
- The library is closed.by ddnktr, Tatoeba
- This is a library.by CK, Tatoeba
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