noun
handbook
HAND-buuk
noun
1
A concise reference book covering a particular subject, meant to be kept close at hand.
"The new hire was given an employee handbook on her first day."
Word Forms
handbooks plural
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Etymology
From Old English handbōc, a compound of hand and book, possibly influenced by the similar German word Handbuch.