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nonlibrary

nonlibrary adjective: not of or pertaining to a library.

Adjective

nonlibrary (not comparable)

  1. Not of or pertaining to a library.

Noun

nonlibrary (plural nonlibraries)

  1. A place or institution other than a library.
    • Two of the longest average visit lengths belonged to nonlibraries. The tours to the binderies and to the printers and publishers lasted on the average of 1.45 and 1.71 hours respectively.1996, Thomas D. Walker, Surveying the library landscape, page 14

Forms of nonlibrary

pluralnonlibraries

Origin of nonlibrary

From non- + library.

Questions about nonlibrary

What does nonlibrary mean?
Nonlibrary means not of or pertaining to a library.
What part of speech is nonlibrary?
Nonlibrary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonlibrary in the dictionary

  1. nonlibidoist
  2. nonlibidoists
  3. nonlibrarian
  4. nonlibrarians
  5. nonlibraries
  6. nonlibrary
  7. nonlicensable
  8. nonlicensed
  9. nonlicentiate
  10. nonlicentiates
  11. nonlicentious

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