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Reference book,

Definition of Reference book:

1. A book intended to be consulted for information on specific matters rather than read from beginning to end.

2. Atlas, dictionary, directory, encyclopedia, handbook, thesaurus, or any other work designed to be used in finding specific items of information, rather than for cover to cover reading.

Synonyms of Reference book

Volume, Tome, Work, Printed work, Publication, Title, Opus, Treatise, Baedeker, Yellow Pages, Atlas, Bibliography, Business directory, Calendar, Casebook, Catalog, Catalogue raisonne, Checklist, City directory, Classified catalog, Classified directory, Concordance, Cyclopedia, Diatesseron, Dictionary catalog, Directory, Encyclopedia, Finding list, Gazetteer, Guidebook, Handbook, Handlist, Harmony, Index, Itinerary, Phone book, Polyglot, Record book, Road map, Roadbook, Source book, Studbook, Telephone book, Telephone directory, Work of reference

How to use Reference book in a sentence?

1. We had a reference book , so we could look at the things to make sure everything was going right and according to plan.
2. You need to have some sort of reference book around so that you can figure out the answers you need quickly.
3. The campus library was small and didnt carry any fiction books but still had plenty of academic tomes and reference book s.
4. A beat-up old grade-school dictionary was the only reference book we ever had in our house.