instruction book
How-to reference volume
An instruction book is a manual explaining how to use, assemble, or operate something.
It typically accompanies products like appliances, furniture, or software: The instruction book for the grill was impossible to follow.
Also called an instruction manual or simply instructions.
- manualWritten instructions for use
- user manualGuide for operating something
- owner's manualDocumentation for operating equipment
- guideLeader or instruction book
- handbookCompact reference guide
directions · step by step · tutorial · pamphlet · leaflet · assembly · DIY · steps · diagrams · troubleshooting · fine print · warranty · pages · index · reference · beginner · how-to · getting started
- manualsuser manual, manual, handbook, product manual, service manual
- game setschess set, poker set, backgammon set, domino set, croquet set
- reference booksdictionary, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri
- Shogilance, rook, pawn, knight, bishop
instruction bookintuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
trial and error · instinct · learning by doing · gut feeling · guesswork
instruction booknovel
New and unusual
storybook · poetry collection · fiction · free verse · stream of consciousness
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