handbook
pronunciation
How to pronounce handbook in British English:
UK [ˈhændbʊk]
How to pronounce handbook in American English:
US [ˈhændbʊk]
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- Noun:
- a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
Word Origin
- handbook (n.)
- Old English handboc "handbook, manual;" see hand (n.) + book (n.). It translates Latin manualis, and was displaced in Middle English by manual (from French), and later in part by enchiridion (from Greek). Reintroduced 1814 in imitation of German Handbuch, but execrated through much of 19c. as "that very ugly and very unnecessary word" [Richard Chenevix Trench, "English Past and Present," 1905].
Example
- 1. The handbook will always remain as a work-in-progress document .
- 2. You do not need a handbook of new restrictions .
- 3. The handbook was one of modernism 's secret muses .
- 4. A life handbook is an idea I started 3 years ago .
- 5. Remember , your handbook is a work-in-progress document .