Definition of HANDBOOK

handbook

Meanings

Plural: handbooks

Noun

  • a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
  • A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.
  • A place where illicit bets can be placed.

Origin / Etymology

1814, from hand + book, or perhaps a reintroduction of Middle English hond book, hondebooke, from Old English handbōc (“handbook”), or a calque of German Handbuch (“handbook”). Compare Dutch handboek, Danish håndbog, Swedish handbok.

Synonyms

enchiridion, manual, vade mecum

Scrabble Score: 18

handbook is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
handbook is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
handbook is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

handbook is a valid Words With Friends word