interlibrary

adjective

in·ter·li·brary ˌin-tər-ˈlī-ˌbrer-ē

-ˌbre-rē;

British usually and US sometimes -brə-rē;

British often and US sometimes -brē,

nonstandard -ˌber-ē,

nonstandard -ˌbe-rē

variants or less commonly inter-library

: existing or occurring between libraries

an interlibrary loan

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web To bolster their inventory, Glenview created an interlibrary loan program to borrow up to 1,000 books from the nearby library. —

Kaitlin Edquist, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2020

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