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Definition of Reading room
1. Noun. A room set aside for reading.
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
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 ..."