Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A concise manual or reference book providing specific information or instruction about a subject or place.
- noun A book in which off-track bets are recorded.
- noun A place where off-track bets are taken.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small book or treatise, properly such as may easily be held in the hand; specifically, a manual or compendium, or a guide-book for travellers: as, handbooks of science; a handbook of Italy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook.
- noun A book containing reference information for a specific field.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A topically organized book of
reference on a certain field of knowledge, disregarding the size of it.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
Etymologies
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Examples
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The second part of the handbook is about ways to get round filtering (Choosing circumvention, by Nart Villeneuve).
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“Attacking the messenger” from the Hasbara handbook is increasing at FDL.
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Since we actively promote the arts and academia, your handbook is out of date.
Think Progress » Florida Lawmaker Attempts To Deny Tax Credit To Movies Filmed With Gay Characters 2010
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The handbook is available online and as a PDF for printing.
Cancer information, support groups for parents of children with cancer 2010
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The rest of the handbook is some interesting stuff if you dig construction how-to's -- this could've been sold at a Home Depot if they had them at the time.
Boing Boing: November 19, 2006 - November 25, 2006 Archives 2006
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This pocket-sized handbook is part of the Andrews McMeel Publishing series of dining guides, and they couldn't have chosen a more qualified person to write the definitive handbook on Mexican cuisine.
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This pocket-sized handbook is part of the Andrews McMeel Publishing series of dining guides, and they couldn't have chosen a more qualified person to write the definitive handbook on Mexican cuisine.
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Belkhouche said that, at one of the forums, Cowen “bluntly said that the handbook is not enforceable.”
Inside Higher Ed: Did Katrina Blow Away Layoff Guidelines? 2006
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This free traffic handbook is very update and helpful.
On the rack David 2005
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The handbook is simply to help bloggers encountering opposition because of what they write to maintain their freedom of expression.
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