reference book
noun
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TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUTOrigin of reference book
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby reference book
refectory table, refel, refer, referee, reference, reference book, reference electrode, reference frame, reference group, reference mark, reference values
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Example sentences from the Web for reference book
He declared that a writer who used such a reference-book ought to 116 be deprived of his paper and ink.
Waiting for Daylight|Henry Major TomlinsonAlways make a point of entering the errata with a pencil in the margins of every reference-book that you acquire.
The Book-Hunter at Home|P. B. M. Allan
British Dictionary definitions for reference book
reference book
noun
a book, such as an encyclopedia, dictionary, etc, from which information may be obtained
Southern African another name for passbook (def. 4)
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