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handbooks

handbooks is the plural of handbook.

Meaning of handbook

Noun

handbook (plural handbooks)

  1. A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.
    Synonyms:
    manual, enchiridion
  2. (US) A place where illicit bets can be placed.
    • The extent of the business done in this line is not understood by those who have not looked into it. In New York there are 50 pool rooms and 500 handbooks; in East St. Louis, 20 handbooks; in Chicago, 5 pool rooms and 200 handbooks; […]1916, U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on interstate commerce, Prevention of Transmission of Race-gambling Bets, page 23

Phrases with handbooks

Questions about handbooks

What is handbooks the plural of?
Handbooks is the plural of handbook.

Words near handbooks in the dictionary

  1. handboarded
  2. handboarding
  3. handboards
  4. handbook
  5. handbooking
  6. handbooks
  7. handbound
  8. handbra
  9. handbrake
  10. handbrake turn
  11. handbrake turns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handbooks (page history and authors); handbook (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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