library
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a room where books are kept
they had brandy in the library
Types & categories
- room hypernym
Parts & wholes
- house part holonym
Sense 2 noun
a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing
Types & categories
- collection hypernym
- bibliotheca hyponym
- public library hyponym
- rental collection hyponym
Sense 3 noun
a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
Types & categories
- depository hypernym
- athenaeum hyponym
- lending library hyponym
Parts & wholes
- carrell part meronym
- reading room part meronym
- stacks part meronym
Sense 4 noun
(computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use
Types & categories
- collection hypernym
Parts & wholes
- library program part meronym
- cataloged procedure part meronym
- library routine part meronym
Related & opposite
- computer programming domain topic
Sense 5 noun
a building that houses a collection of books and other materials
Types & categories
- building hypernym
- National Library of Medicine instance hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | house |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | room |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | collection |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bibliotheca |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | public library |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rental collection |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | carrell |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | reading room |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stacks |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | depository |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | athenaeum |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lending library |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computer programming |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | library program |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cataloged procedure |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | library routine |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | collection |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | building |
| 5 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | National Library of Medicine |