TEXTBOOK

casebook, textbook

(adjective) according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical; ā€œa casebook schizophrenicā€; ā€œa textbook exampleā€

textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text

(noun) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; ā€œhis economics textbook is in its tenth editionā€; ā€œthe professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buyā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

textbook (plural textbooks)

A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.

Adjective

textbook (comparative more textbook, superlative most textbook)

Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.

Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.

Source: Wiktionary


Text"-book`, n.

1. A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.

2. A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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