n.
- A book, such as a dictionary or encyclopedia, to which one can refer for authoritative information.
- See passbook (sense 3).
reference book
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n.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
Synonyms: reference, reference work, book of facts
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- Passim (legal term)
- guideword
- Physician’s Desk Reference
- handbook
- Hoyle (reference book of rules)
- handy
- passbook
- materia medica
- manual
- almanac
- Alban Butler (English theologian)
- Peter Mark Roget (English physician & linguist)
- Grantor-Grantee Index (legal term)
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