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3 dictionary results for: textbook
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text·book       [tekst-book] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a book used by students as a standard work for a particular branch of study.
–adjective
2.pertaining to, characteristic of, or seemingly suitable for inclusion in a textbook; typical; classic: a textbook case.

[Origin: 1720–30; text + book]
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text·book       (těkst'bŏŏk')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A book used in schools or colleges for the formal study of a subject.

adj.   Being a characteristic example of its kind; classic: a textbook case of schizophrenia.

text'book'ish adj.
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textbook

adjective
1. according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical; "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example" [syn: casebook

noun
1. a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" [ant: trade book

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