Definition of "guidebook" []

• A handbook of directions and other information, especially for travelers or tourists. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The guidebook is undated but probably appeared just after the turn of the century."
• "I found a guidebook from the 1964 New York World's Fair once, and a lipstick like a chrome bullet, and a pair of white leather ladies 'gloves ..."
• "A guidebook is sometimes likened to an authoritative friend you come to depend on to lead you through the unknown."