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BOOK OF FACTS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does book of facts mean?
• BOOK OF FACTS (noun)
The noun BOOK OF FACTS has 1 sense:
1. a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
Familiarity information: BOOK OF FACTS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
book of facts; reference; reference book; reference work
Context example:
he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic
Hypernyms ("book of facts" is a kind of...):
book (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "book of facts"):
cookbook; cookery book (a book of recipes and cooking directions)
instruction book (a book of directions for using or operating some piece of equipment)
source book (a collection of historically important documents published together as a book)
wordbook (a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings))
enchiridion; handbook; vade mecum (a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location)
directory (an alphabetical list of names and addresses)
annual; yearbook; yearly (a reference book that is published regularly once every year)
atlas; book of maps; map collection (a collection of maps in book form)
cyclopaedia; cyclopedia; encyclopaedia; encyclopedia (a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty)
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