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noun

a book containing useful facts or specially organized information, as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook, etc.

Also called pass, passbook. South African. a domestic identity document formerly required to be carried by Black citizens.

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Origin of reference book

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby reference book

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How to use reference book in a sentence

When I started the movie, I had a reference book of different images that came to mind with the movie.
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In these days of directories, there is no branch of sport which has not a complete reference book of its own.
Psyche|Louis Couperus
It contains the essential facts necessary for a valuable reference book on the government.
Government Documents in Small Libraries|Charles Wells Reeder
The work is intended to serve as a reference book covering the entire subject of milk and its products.
The Book of Cheese|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk

This comprehensive compilation of Monograms is especially available as a reference book in busy seasons.
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The dispatcher opened a loose-leaf reference book on the counter and then punched the first of a series of buttons on a panel.
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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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