Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A textbook or other book for use in school.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A book used in schools.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A book used in schools for learning lessons.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
textbook , a book used, or prepared for use, inschool .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
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Examples
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A passage from the Ayatollah Khomeini, quoted in an 11th-grade Iranian schoolbook, is revealing.
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NIB New plantin schoolbook – Rare Cricut Cartridge
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But the final real judge of the merits of a schoolbook is the boy or girl who uses it.
A History of the McGuffey Readers Henry H. Vail
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Rowling has a rich imagination and a special fascination for fantastic beasts; she has even written a Hogwarts "schoolbook," Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, cataloging her favorites, A to Z.
Symbolism of Beasts in Harry Potter Julie D. 2005
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Twelve year old Anna had her nose in a schoolbook, braids down her back.
White People Problems (part 1) Thomas Pluck 2011
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A few big publishers control the schoolbook market, which means the adoption process, and what and how our children are taught.
Why are we failing in history, science education? Valerie Strauss 2010
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Dean, you're blinded by shiny objects and run-of-the-mill U.S. schoolbook history tracts.
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The story out of Virginia — that cities and hamlets around the state recently spent school funds on a book for 4th graders with an agenda that most Americans reject – - is the latest entry into what is becoming a catalog of schoolbook outrages.
Why are we failing in history, science education? Valerie Strauss 2010
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When we think of the men who mapped the New World's rivers, we tend to conjure up schoolbook scenes like Hernando de Soto crossing the Mississippi and Henry Hudson sailing into New York Harbor.
Escaping The Rainforest Gerard Helferich 2011
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I use the computer first and only scribble little ideas down in the margins of my schoolbook.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Open Writing Forum 2009
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