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Meanings of reference book in English

Portuguese
obras de referência
Catalan
llibre de referència

A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts.

obras de referência
Usage of reference book in English
1
Such a comprehensive reference book for male politicians would come in volumes.
The Irish Times
2
It now appears annually, and is an esoteric kind of reference book.
The Irish Times
3
You are as good as a reference book for quotations, you know.
Beatrice
4
A new reference book with zillions of facts and figures is now available.
The Irish Times
5
Learn the essentials of tropical fish with this useful and portable reference book.
The Daily Telegraph
6
Surely, the internet has entirely done away with the reference book.
The Irish Times
7
Get a reference book from your library and identify your shells.
Let's Collect Rocks and Shells
8
A total of 14 weapons, according to the reference book, are currently being fielded.
Wired
9
Rory came in at one point to place a reference book back on the bookshelf.
Hush: a novel
10
A reference book on adoption has been published by the Adoptive Parents' Association of Ireland.
The Irish Times
11
Sally had gone down to the public library and looked through every entomological reference book.
Practical Magic
12
Writer tells about a reference book in his house and quotes film editor Walter Murch.
The new yorker
13
The 2002 Guide for Mature Students is the ninth edition of this invaluable reference book.
The Irish Times
14
This comprehensive compilation of Monograms is especially available as a reference book in busy seasons.
Watch and Clock Escapements / A Complete Study in Theory and Pra...
15
A good reference book is Clay Diskin's Lucretius and Epicurus, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
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From this point of view, it will be the authoritative reference book for all Walter enthusiasts.
The Irish Times
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