handbook
noun
hand·book
ˈhan(d)-ˌbu̇k 
1
a
: a book capable of being conveniently carried as a ready reference : manual
b
: a concise reference book covering a particular subject
2
a
: a bookmaker's book of bets
b
: a place where bookmaking is carried on
Examples of handbook in a Sentence
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Well, here’s a leaf from the designers’ color-courage handbook: When combining colors, remember opposites attract.
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Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
That’s the year the first edition of the Mobil Travel Guide—a handbook to roadside lodgings underwritten by Magnolia Oil (now part of Exxon Mobil) and covering the gas-station chain’s territory of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico—was published.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
According to the student handbook, male students’ hair cannot extend past the eyebrows or ear lobes.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024
The pilots retrieved an emergency handbook kept secure next to the captain’s seat.
—Terry Spencer, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
The yearly letter also continued the theme of previous years as a type of owner’s handbook for Berkshire shareholders.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
This is straight out of the aspiring dictator’s handbook for winning elections.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2024
Leaving out quotations when citing a source violates MIT's academic integrity handbook and is considered plagiarism.
—Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 5 Jan. 2024
Lang also was tapped by Harry Snyder to create In-N-Out’s first official handbook.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
That’s the year the first edition of the Mobil Travel Guide—a handbook to roadside lodgings underwritten by Magnolia Oil (now part of Exxon Mobil) and covering the gas-station chain’s territory of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico—was published.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
According to the student handbook, male students’ hair cannot extend past the eyebrows or ear lobes.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024
The pilots retrieved an emergency handbook kept secure next to the captain’s seat.
—Terry Spencer, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
The yearly letter also continued the theme of previous years as a type of owner’s handbook for Berkshire shareholders.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
This is straight out of the aspiring dictator’s handbook for winning elections.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2024
Leaving out quotations when citing a source violates MIT's academic integrity handbook and is considered plagiarism.
—Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 5 Jan. 2024
Lang also was tapped by Harry Snyder to create In-N-Out’s first official handbook.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
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“Handbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handbook. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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