"reference library" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "reference libraries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "reference library (plural reference libraries)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149",
          "text": "The amenities of the institute include a well-arranged open-access library of 18,000 volumes, and a small but valuable reference library of railway literature; the present writer is Librarian.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A library that exclusively collects reference books (which may not be lent out to the general public)."
      ],
      "id": "en-reference_library-en-noun-NxnMmiGp",
      "links": [
        [
          "reference book",
          "reference book"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "reading room"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "type of library",
          "word": "參考書閱覽室"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cānkǎoshū yuèlǎnshì",
          "sense": "type of library",
          "word": "参考书阅览室"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "type of library",
          "word": "viitekirjasto"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "reference library"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "reference library"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "reference libraries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "reference library (plural reference libraries)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149",
          "text": "The amenities of the institute include a well-arranged open-access library of 18,000 volumes, and a small but valuable reference library of railway literature; the present writer is Librarian.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A library that exclusively collects reference books (which may not be lent out to the general public)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reference book",
          "reference book"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "reference library"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "reading room"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "type of library",
      "word": "參考書閱覽室"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cānkǎoshū yuèlǎnshì",
      "sense": "type of library",
      "word": "参考书阅览室"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of library",
      "word": "viitekirjasto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reference library"
}