public library

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   a nonprofit library maintained for public use

   Broaderlibrary

Questions about public library

What does public library mean?

public library means "a nonprofit library maintained for public use".

Is public library a common word?

public library is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.