reference book(n = noun.communication) book of facts, reference, reference work - a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"
is a kind of book
has particulars: cookbook, cookery book, instruction book, source book, wordbook, enchiridion, handbook, vade mecum, directory, annual, yearbook, yearly, atlas, book of maps, map collection, cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia

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