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Library

A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.

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Accumulation 76% connected

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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Aggregation 76% connected

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Building 76% connected

of Build

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Collection 76% connected

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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Deposit 76% connected

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich al…

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Depositary 76% connected

One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.

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Depository 76% connected

A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

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Edifice 76% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Repository 76% connected

A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.

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Room 76% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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Athenaeum 76% connected

A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.

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Atheneum 76% connected

Alt. of Athenaeum

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Bibliotheca 76% connected

A library.

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Component part 3

Carrel 70% connected

See Quarrel, an arrow.

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Cubicle 70% connected

A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory.

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Stall 70% connected

A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for on…

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Containing whole 1

House 70% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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