PUBLIC LIBRARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does public library mean? 

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

1. a nonprofit library maintained for public use

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBLIC LIBRARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nonprofit library maintained for public use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

library (a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing)

 Context examples 

You can buy it in any book-store or draw it from the public library.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)