Handbook

Noun

 * 1) A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, disregarding the size of it.

Coordinate terms

 * manual

Thesaurus
Baedeker, Yellow Pages, ante, bet, bibliography, book, business directory, catalog, checklist, chunk, city directory, classified directory, compendium, cookbook, cookery book, directory, enchiridion, field guide, finding list, gradus, guide, guidebook, handlist, hazard, how-to book, index, itinerary, manual, nature book, parlay, phone book, play, reference book, road map, roadbook, shot, stake, telephone book, telephone directory, travel book, vade mecum, wager

Etymology
1814, from, or perhaps a reintroduction of handboc: "handbook", or a loan-translation of  Handbuch: "handbook". Compare handboek:,  håndbog:,  handbok:.

Translations

 * Basque: eskuliburu, gidaliburu
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: handboek
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:, segédkönyv,
 * Macedonian: прирачник, упатство
 * Russian: руководство
 * Sindhi:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: handbok
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: hânboek