manual

Academic Word List, sublist 9.

About 20.67 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Synonym of handbook.
2. noun A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.

   The dishwasher isn't working; can you remember where we put the manual?

3. noun A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
4. noun An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
5. noun A keyboard on an organ.
6. adjective Performed with the hands.
7. adjective Operated by means of the hands.
8. adjective Performed by a human rather than a machine.

   The teacher urged the students to do a manual check, because some errors aren't picked up by the spell checker.

Similar words

blue-collar hand-operated non-automatic manual of arms handbook guidebook textbook publication playbook workbook

Often followed by

of for labor and workers labour training work on

Word family

manually manuals