English Online Dictionary. What means textbook? What does textbook mean?
English
Etymology
From text + book.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtɛkst.bʊk/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈtekst.bʊk/
Noun
textbook (plural textbooks)
- (education) A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.
Alternative forms
- text-book (obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
textbook (comparative more textbook, superlative most textbook)
- (literally) Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
- (figuratively) Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:textbook.
Related terms
- casebook (adjectival form)