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De - Pt| English Dictionary: reading room | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for reading room | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Reading \Read"ing\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading. 2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. {Reading book}, a book for teaching reading; a reader. {Reading desk}, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church. {Reading glass}, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc. {Reading man}, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student. {Reading room}, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort. | |
