guidebook

[ gahyd-boo k ]

/ ˈgaɪdˌbʊk /

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noun

a book of directions, advice, and information, especially for travelers or tourists.

Nearby words

guide right, guide rope, guide vanes, guide word, guideboard, guidebook, guided, guided imagery, guided missile, guided missile cruiser, guided wave

Origin of guidebook

First recorded in 1805–15; guide + book

Related forms

guide·book·ish, guide·book·y, adjective

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Examples from the Web for guidebook

Nowadays people prepare for a trip by reading little more than a few pages of a guidebook.
The Big Idea: How Tourism Can Destroy the Places We Love|Elizabeth Becker|July 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
What is a young Finn or Spaniard visiting Israel/Palestine, this guidebook in hand, to make of this?
Temple Denial|Benny Morris|April 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Bradt Travel is bringing out the first guidebook dedicated solely to Sierra Leone.
Africa's Surprise Success Story|Tony Blair|April 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
When I came back to the store, my brother-in-law gave to me the Guidebook for Marines.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Strefford aimed his cigarette-end at a tourist on a puggaree who was gazing up from his guidebook at the palace.
The Glimpses of the Moon|Edith Wharton
The guidebook wasn't kidding when it said 'sudden and severe summer storms lash the bay.'
The Flying Stingaree|Harold Leland Goodwin
This information also came from the guidebook, and it surprised me.
The Car That Went Abroad|Albert Bigelow Paine
His geology he had got from a guidebook, out of which he treated us to various extracts, appending commentaries of his own.
A Little Tour In Ireland|S. Reynolds Hole

British Dictionary definitions for guidebook

guidebook

/ (ˈɡaɪdˌbʊk) /

noun

a handbook with information for visitors to a place, as a historic building, museum, or foreign countryAlso called: guide

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