1. a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; - Example: "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic" [syn: reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reference work
n 1: a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he
contributed articles to the basic reference work on that
topic" [syn: reference book, reference, reference
work, book of facts]