1. a book containing recipes and instructions for preparing food
2. a book of detailed instructions for accomplishing a task or solving problems
Usage: figurative

Examples

• She bought a new cookbook to learn Italian recipes.
• The cookbook includes step-by-step instructions for baking bread.
• My grandmother’s old cookbook has handwritten notes in the margins.
• The chef published a cookbook featuring healthy meal ideas.
• This programming cookbook provides solutions to common coding problems.
• The cookbook approach to software development uses proven techniques.