guidebook
noun
guide·book
ˈgīd-ˌbu̇k 
plural guidebooks
: a book that gives useful information about a particular subject : handbook
I had been hired to write a cultural study, "how to" guidebook on being a Canadian …—
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especially
: a book of information for travelers
Most cities have some sort of restaurant guidebook that often proves helpful. —Jinx and Jefferson Morgan
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Such wisdom fills the pages of this immensely entertaining history, which is constructed around medieval guidebooks and travelogues, and highlights dazzling destinations like Constantinople and Rhodes under the Knights Hospitaller.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
But that wasn’t the case when many bridges were built; the guidebook added those specifications in the 1990s.
—Hayes Gardner, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
The 2030 Master Plan, a guidebook that dictates where development in Baltimore County should occur, is expected to finally pass into law after an almost four-year delay and months of fierce debate between county officials and the Baltimore County Council over the future of development.
—Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2024
This guidebook is a list of fun places to go in Colorado that also teach something.
—Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
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The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
But that wasn’t the case when many bridges were built; the guidebook added those specifications in the 1990s.
—Hayes Gardner, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
The 2030 Master Plan, a guidebook that dictates where development in Baltimore County should occur, is expected to finally pass into law after an almost four-year delay and months of fierce debate between county officials and the Baltimore County Council over the future of development.
—Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2024
This guidebook is a list of fun places to go in Colorado that also teach something.
—Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
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guidebook
noun
guide·book
ˈgīd-ˌbu̇k
: a book of information for travelers
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