how-to
nounEtymology From how + to.
1
A brief informal description of how to accomplish a specific task.
2
A book or other guide describing how to accomplish tasks in a certain field.
how-to
adjEtymology From how + to.
1
That gives advice or instruction on a particular topic.
- The Rules is a veritable compost heap of do's and (mostly) don't's for a woman—oops, girl—who wants to master the fine art of womanipulation. It's a how-to book: how to make a man desperate to marry a girl […]2010, Ellen Goodman, Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times: