bibliotheca

noun

Definition of bibliothecanext
as in library

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  1. library
  2. archive
Noun
  • There are also the journalists, the athletes, and the kids who spend sunny days doing contact improv, which was invented at Oberlin, tangling their limbs in the grass outside the library.
    — Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Rarely has a film so resourcefully evoked the transportive but decidedly analog thrill of reading; rarely has the warmly musty smell of research libraries and archives somehow wafted with such sense-memory precision off a cinema screen.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of library
Noun
  • Hermès artisans still saddle stitch leather goods by hand and screen-print scarves using an archive of more than seventy-five thousand proprietary colors.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Best Brunch Muffins This classic blueberry recipe from our archives is loved by readers.
    — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of archive
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“Bibliotheca.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bibliotheca. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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