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hand·book  (hndbk)
n.
1. A concise manual or reference book providing specific information or instruction about a subject or place.
2. Games
a. A book in which off-track bets are recorded.
b. A place where off-track bets are taken.

handbook
Noun
a reference manual giving practical information on a subject
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.handbookhandbook - a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
book of facts, reference book, reference work, reference - a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"
manual - a small handbook
bible - a book regarded as authoritative in its field
guidebook, guide - something that offers basic information or instruction
ready reckoner, reckoner - a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation

handbook
noun guidebook, guide, manual, instruction book, Baedeker, vade mecum
Translations
Spanish handbook [ˈhændbuk] nmanual m
French handbook [ˈhændbuk] hand nmanuel m
German handbook [ˈhændbuk] hand nHandbuch nt
Italian handbook [ˈhændbuk] nmanuale m

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In order to qualify herself as a nurse she read a handbook of physiology, which Mrs.
Taking up Baedeker's Handbook to Northern Italy, she committed to memory the most important dates of Florentine History.
Aristotle's Politics, then, is a handbook for the legislator, the expert who is to be called in when a state wants help.
 
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