lending library

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /lend ˈlaɪˌbrɛr i, -brə ri, -bri/
- /lend ˈlaɪbrəri/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /lend ˈlaɪˌbrɛr i, -brə ri, -bri/

Definitions of lending library words

noun lending library Also called circulating library, rental library. a small library that is maintained by a commercial establishment, as a drugstore, and is composed largely of current books that are lent to customers for a fee. 1
noun lending library Chiefly British. a public library that lends materials or the division or section of it that carries out this function. 1
countable noun lending library A lending library is a library from which the public are allowed to borrow books. 0
noun lending library the department of a public library providing books for use outside the building 0
noun lending library a small commercial library 0
noun lending library circulating library 0

See all 6 definitions of lending library

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Origin of lending library

First appearance:

before 1700

One of the 50% oldest English words

First recorded in 1700-10

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Parts of speech for Lending library

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Lending library

lending library popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for lending library

noun lending library

bookmobile — a vehicle providing lending library facilities
circulating library — a small library circulated in turn to a group of schools or other institutions
mobile library — travelling book-lending facility
public library — a nonprofit library established for the use of the general public and maintained chiefly by public funds.

All 4 Synonyms of lending library

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