Handbook Definition

hăndbo͝ok
noun
A compact reference book on some subject; manual of facts or instructions.
Webster's New World

Guidebook.

Webster's New World
A book in which bets are recorded, as on horse races.
Webster's New World
A place where off-track bets are taken.
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Noun

Singular:
handbook
Plural:
handbooks

Origin of Handbook

  • 1814, from hand +‎ book, or perhaps a reintroduction of Old English handbōc "handbook", or a loan-translation of German Handbuch "handbook". Compare Dutch handboek, Danish håndbog, Swedish handbok.

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Handbook Sentence Examples

  • He was also engaged in preparing an abstract of his lectures as a handbook for his class.

  • Many colleges include a section in the handbook on the minimum requirements of a computer for their school, no matter what major or program you are in.

  • A list of the ruins, printed in the handbook on Mexico published by the Department of State in Washington, covers several pages.

  • His Handbook of the Stars (1866) was refused by Messrs Longmans and Messrs Macmillan, but being privately printed, it sold fairly well.

  • In 1894 Mr Graham Sandberg compiled a useful Handbook of Colloquial Tibetan.

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Words Starting With

HHAHAN

Words Ending With

KOKOOK

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