DEPOSITORY LIBRARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does depository library mean? 

• DEPOSITORY LIBRARY (noun)
  The noun DEPOSITORY LIBRARY has 1 sense:

1. a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study

  Familiarity information: DEPOSITORY LIBRARY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPOSITORY LIBRARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

depository library; library

Hypernyms ("depository library" is a kind of...):

deposit; depositary; depository; repository (a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping)

Meronyms (parts of "depository library"):

carrel; carrell; cubicle; stall (small individual study area in a library)

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "depository library"):

athenaeum; atheneum (a place where reading materials are available)

circulating library; lending library (library that provides books for use outside the building)