handbook

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/ ˈhændˌbʊk /

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noun

a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.

a guidebook for travelers: a handbook of Italy.

a reference book in a particular field: a medical handbook.

a scholarly book on a specific subject, often consisting of separate essays or articles: a handbook of lectures on criticism.

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Origin of handbook

Translation of German Handbuch

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How to use handbook in a sentence

Still a student, he has recently launched both a handbook, Mind the Gap, and Hutano, a new online platform intended to empower people with knowledge about their health.
Medical Schools Usually Don't Teach How Conditions Look on Different Skin Tones. Malone Mukwende Is Trying to Change That|Angelina Jolie|June 22, 2021|Time
Then came the student handbook, laying out the rules and expectations for a Milton Hershey student — “Bigger than a hoagie,” he joked.
“I Finally Got to the Mountaintop and I Failed”|by Bob Fernandez, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Charlotte Keith, Spotlight PA|June 10, 2021|ProPublica
The handbook says vans will be replaced at “approximately 7 years or 150,000 miles.”
When Births Go Horribly Wrong, Florida Protects Doctors and Forces Families to Pay the Price|by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald|April 8, 2021|ProPublica
It often felt as if other students were given a handbook that I couldn’t find.
The diversity failures at the nation’s best public high school led officials to make changes. More are needed.|Theresa Vargas|March 17, 2021|Washington Post

The strategies would be packed into a handbook to help transit agencies statewide, “particularly those in rural areas,” according to the FTA’s description of the project.
Metro launches pilot program to test new air filtration system in subway cars|Justin George|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
It only takes one glance of Alton's Ebola Survival Handbook to recognize the real threat: him.
The Sham, Scaremongering Guide to Ebola|Abby Haglage|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His book, ‘Ebola Survival Handbook,’ is already a bestseller.
The Sham, Scaremongering Guide to Ebola|Abby Haglage|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When the PERF report was finally released, alongside it was a brand new use-of-force policy handbook (PDF).
A Shooting on a Tribal Land Uncovers Feds Running Wild|Caitlin Dickson|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Jewish/Israel lobby will have to throw away its handbook.
Why I Like Naftali Bennett|Shaul Magid|January 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the 1970s, he wrote a book called Handbook on Abortion, which he updated and republished in seven editions over the years.
Todd Akin Finds a Friend in Dr. John Willke, a Pro-Life ‘Founding Father’|Abigail Pesta|August 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The matter came to a crisis yesterday, when one of them produced a handbook on British regiments and their histories.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V.|Erskine Childers
I quote from the Lawn-Tennis Association handbook for the dimensions of the court.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2|Various
Here is yet one more handbook of the subject presenting in a series of rough plates a complete sequence of the cards.
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot|L. W. de Laurence
To cover the whole field of glass-blowing in a small handbook would be impossible.
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing|Bernard D. Bolas
Francesco Tonnelli's book is a worthless mixture of a biobibliographical dictionary and a bibliographical handbook.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies|Archer Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for handbook

handbook

/ (ˈhændˌbʊk) /

noun

a reference book listing brief facts on a subject or place or directions for maintenance or repair, as of a cara tourists' handbook

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