US /ˈskuːlˌbʊk/ UK /ˈskuːlˌbʊk/
noun Freq #104546

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a book written or selected for students to use in school; a textbook

    Her name was still written inside every old schoolbook on the shelf.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a book written or selected... textbookcoursebook
Word family
Forms schoolbooks
Related forms schooltextbookprimerworkbook

Etymology

A compound of school + book, recorded from the early nineteenth century. It names a book intended for classroom teaching or study and overlaps closely with textbook, while often suggesting a book associated specifically with a child's school years.

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