Handbook and Volume

Handbook

Handbook noun - A book used for instruction in a subject.

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Volume and handbook are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Volume" instead a noun "Handbook".

Volume noun - A set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction.

Usage example: reissued the trilogy in a single volume

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Handbook and volume are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Handbook" instead a noun "Volume".

Nearby Words: voluminous, volumetric, volumeter

As each subject has a much shorter handbook with only the relevant information, and it's all online anyway, the only use for the single volume is that it's the perfect size for jamming in a door-hinge to hold the door wide open.

Source: Doorstopper
Machinery's Handbook is a one-stop volume for all things mechanical.

Source: Doorstopper
For example, the Butterworths (English) Company Law Handbook (24th edition 2010) weighs in at 3,733 pages in a single volume.

Source: Doorstopper

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