reference book

Definition of Reference Book in English :

a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts

Example Sentences:
'he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Reference Book

noun

1.

a book, such as an encyclopedia, dictionary, etc, from which information may be obtained

2. South Africa another name for passbook (sense 4)

n.

1. A book, such as a dictionary or encyclopedia, to which one can refer for authoritative information.