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Noun library has 5 senses

library - a room where books are kept; "they had brandy in the library"
--₁ is a kind of room
--₁ is a part of house
library - a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing
--₂ is a kind of collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
--₂ has particulars: bibliotheca; public library; rental collection
library, depository library - a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
--₃ is a kind of depository, deposit, repository
--₃ has parts:
carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall; reading room; stacks, set of bookshelves
--₃ has particulars: athenaeum, atheneum; lending library, circulating library
library, program library, subroutine library - (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use
--₄ is a kind of collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
--₄ has parts: library program; cataloged procedure; library routine
library - a building that houses a collection of books and other materials
--₅ is a kind of building, edifice
--₅ has particulars:
National Library of Medicine, United States National Library of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine