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| library |
a specific collection of such materials. [1/2 definitions] |
| magazine |
a printed collection of stories, pictures, articles, and advertisements. Magazines come out weekly, monthly, or at some other regular period of time. [1/2 definitions] |
| mythology |
a collection of myths. |
| poll |
the collection and counting of votes in an election. [1/6 definitions] |
| record |
a written account or other collection of information. [1/6 definitions] |
| scrap1 |
a collection of materials that have been thrown away but might be used again. [1/4 definitions] |
| snow |
a layer or collection of such flakes that have fallen to the ground. [1/5 definitions] |
| stack |
a large, neat pile or collection of hay, straw, or grain. [1/5 definitions] |
| style |
the collection of unique features that is characteristic of something. [1/5 definitions] |
| Talmud |
the collection of writings on Jewish civil and religious law |
| tumble |
a disorderly, confused, or not organized state or collection. [1/5 definitions] |
| volume |
a collection of pages of writing or print bound together; book. [1/5 definitions] |
| wardrobe |
a collection of clothes or costumes that is the property of one person or of a theater. [1/2 definitions] |
| wood |
(usually plural) a collection of trees growing close together in one area; forest. [1/4 definitions] |
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