libraries

noun

1. 1

   An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.

2. 2

   (by extension) Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.

3. 3

   A collection of books or other forms of stored information.

4. 4

   An equivalent collection of analogous information in a non-printed form, e.g. record library.

5. 5

   A room dedicated to storing books.

6. 6

   A collection of software routines that provide functionality to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.

7. 7

   A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease.

8. 8

   The deck or draw pile.