textbook

== 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. (figuratively) Done exactly correctly, in an exemplary way that might be described in a textbook. (figuratively) Learned from, or as if learned from, a textbook, as opposed to personal discovery or experience. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:textbook. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== casebook (adjectival form) === References === textbook on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “textbook”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.