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lib

lib

2 9.2
A place with books you can read or borrow
  • noun
  • /lɪb/
  • Informal
: biblioteca

Examples

  • More than six hundred years before "Women's Lib," there were amazing women doing remarkable things.

    Blog text (22)

  • Please check here for the schedule of Work Sessions in LIB 105.

    Blog text (17)

  • Gloria has been reading a book about women's lib.

    Rush (1991)

  • The local lib has a great collection of both fiction and non-fiction books.

  • I borrowed a novel from the lib to read on my vacation.

  • During my free time, I often visit the lib to study or find new books.

Synonyms

library
vslib
102 1.0

A collection of books kept for people to borrow or study

is an informal name rather than the standard term
public library
vslib
66 1.0

A place where anyone can borrow books and use services for free

is an informal name that does not imply funding or free access
lending library
vslib
4 2.3

A place where you borrow books to take home for a short time

is an informal name for the place and not focused only on lending
circulating library
vslib
1 5.1

A library that lends books to members to take home

is an informal name for that place without membership restriction

Idioms

ad lib
21 7.7

Says or does something without planning

Compounds

women's lib
  • Archaic
7 4.6

A movement for equal rights and opportunities for women

gay lib
  • Archaic
1 7.9

A movement that fights for the rights of people attracted to the same sex

How Big

lib
  • Informal
2 9.2
collection
918 1.4

Surface Forms

lib singular
libs plural

Etymology

Lib as a casual word is simply a short form of library, from Latin liber 'book', so people call the place for books and study the 'lib'.