guidebook

[ gahyd-book ]

/ ˈgaɪdˌbʊk /

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noun

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

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Origin of guidebook

First recorded in 1805–15; guide + book

OTHER WORDS FROM guidebook

guidebookish, guidebooky, adjective

Words nearby guidebook

guichet, guid, guidance, guide, guideboard, guidebook, guide center, guided, guided imagery, guided missile, guided missile cruiser

How to use guidebook in a sentence

Afterward, the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University published a guidebook to help cities handle violent protests.
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If you’re seeking warmth this winter, check out Arizona Highways magazine’s great offerings of adventure guidebooks to the state.
36 Awesome Gifts for Adventure Travelers|Mary Turner and Erin Riley|December 11, 2020|Outside Online
This pad also has a telescope for viewing constellations and a guidebook to the most popular hikes in the area.
7 Tranquil Airbnbs Near Winter-Friendly National Parks|Megan Michelson|December 11, 2020|Outside Online
That way it’s easier to talk to strangers who, in my experience, are far more valuable than any guidebook.
World class: Remembering legendary travel writer Jan Morris|Liza Weisstuch|December 10, 2020|Washington Post

They traveled all across South America, and they wrote a guidebook.
On Sports Genius: Mike Greenberg Opens Up|Nick Fouriezos|November 14, 2020|Ozy
It was the perfect blend of exotic adventure and Lonely Planet guidebook assurances of safety.
Cocaine, Politicians and Wives: Inside the World’s Most Bizarre Prison|Jason Batansky|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I had first learned of the prison way back in 2005 from a Lonely Planet guidebook.
Cocaine, Politicians and Wives: Inside the World’s Most Bizarre Prison|Jason Batansky|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
A guidebook I read aptly called it “a conveyer belt of black hair.”
Gal With a Suitcase|Jolie Hunt|November 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
One is an English youth, travelling for the first time, who has been hard at his Guidebook during the whole journey.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches|William Makepeace Thackeray
Observe in this book that Hawthorne gave the story such a faithful setting that it may be used as a guidebook to Rome.
The Complete Club Book for Women|Caroline French Benton
Now, the Bible is a guidebook in the journey of life, and the only one that points the way to Heaven.
Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study|Dwight Moody
He studied his guidebook and every quarter of an hour looked at his watch.
The Comstock Club|Charles Carroll Goodwin
The “Book of the Dead” was a guidebook of the itinerary of Egyptian souls.
The Homeric Hymns|Andrew Lang

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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Origin of guidebook

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