Also spelled text-book

US /ˈtekst.bʊk/ UK /ˈtɛkst.bʊk/
noun adj Freq #12476

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A book used to study a subject at school or college.

    My economics textbook is not helpful at all.

  2. 2
    adj

    Done exactly as it should be; a perfect example of its kind.

    Well done, everyone, the tree fell exactly where we planned. That was textbook.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a book used to study a... schoolbooktext
Word family
Forms textbooks
Related forms casebook

Etymology

From text + book.

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