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text·book  (tkstbk)
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.

textbookish adj.

textbook
Noun
a book of facts about a subject used by someone who is studying that subject
Adjective
perfect or exemplary: a textbook example of an emergency descent
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.textbooktextbook - 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"
book - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics"
crammer - a textbook designed for cramming
introduction - a basic or elementary instructional text
primer - an introductory textbook
reader - one of a series of texts for students learning to read
Adj.1.textbook - according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical; "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example"
standard - established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; "a standard reference work"; "the classical argument between free trade and protectionism"
Translations
Spanish textbook [ˈtɛkstbuk] nlibro de texto
French textbook [ˈtɛkstbuk] text nmanuel m
German textbook [ˈtɛkstbuk] text nLehrbuch nt
Italian textbook [ˈtɛkstbuk] nlibro di testo

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I partly surmise also, that this wicked charge against whalers may be likewise imputed to the existence on the coast of Greenland, in former times, of a Dutch village called Schmerenburgh or Smeerenberg, which latter name is the one used by the learned Fogo Von Slack, in his great work on Smells, a textbook on that subject.
I suppose,' muttered Gabriel, 'that's out of the 'Prentice's Garland or the 'Prentice's Delight, or the 'Prentice's Warbler, or the Prentice's Guide to the Gallows, or some such improving textbook.
At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my declining years to the composition of a textbook, which shall focus the whole art of detection into one volume.
 
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