HANDBOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does handbook mean? 

• HANDBOOK (noun)
  The noun HANDBOOK has 1 sense:

1. a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location

  Familiarity information: HANDBOOK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HANDBOOK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

enchiridion; handbook; vade mecum

Hypernyms ("handbook" is a kind of...):

book of facts; reference; reference book; reference work (a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "handbook"):

manual (a small handbook)

bible (a book regarded as authoritative in its field)

guide; guidebook (something that offers basic information or instruction)

ready reckoner; reckoner (a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation)

 Context examples 

A small handbook.

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