"reference library" meaning in All languages combined

See reference library on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: reference libraries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} reference library (plural reference libraries)
  1. A library that exclusively collects reference books (which may not be lent out to the general public). Wikipedia link: reference library Synonyms: reading room Translations (type of library): 參考書閱覽室 (Chinese Mandarin), 参考书阅览室 (cānkǎoshū yuèlǎnshì) (Chinese Mandarin), viitekirjasto (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:",
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