Definition of Reading room

1. Noun. A room set aside for reading.

Group relationships: Club, Clubhouse, Depository Library, Library
Specialized synonyms: Newsroom
Generic synonyms: Room

Definition of Reading room

1. Noun. A room in a library set aside for reading. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reading Room

readin'
readiness
readinesses
reading
reading-frameshift mutation
reading clinic
reading copy
reading desk
reading frame
reading frames
reading lamp
reading material
reading out
reading program
reading room (current term)
reading rooms
reading stone
reading stones
reading teacher
reading week
readings
readjourn
readjourned
readjourning
readjournment
readjournments
readjourns
readjust
readjusted

Literary usage of Reading room

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by New York State Library (1915)
"General reading room. The general reading room was opened April 14, 1913 ... A general reference library is shelved in the main portion of the reading room. ..."

2. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1885)
"The first " keeper" of the reading-room was Dr. Peter Templeman, the translator of " Norden's Travels in Egypt." The twenty chairs sufficed ¡or the demand. ..."

3. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"385 The Reading-room 386 Occupants of the Reading-room . ... 391 Newspaper and Novel Readers frequenting the British Museum Reading-room . ..."

4. The American Public Library by Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1910)
"A reference room is a reading room designed especially for the so- called " reference use " of books and periodicals, and may or may not be ..."

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