textbook

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Synonyms: text book, text-book, netbook, textbooks, jestbook, textbox

Antonyms: text book, text-book, netbook, textbooks, jestbook, textbox

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q83790}}{{lb|en|education}} A [[coursebook]], a formal [[manual]] of [[instruction]] in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|literally}} Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being [[dry]] and [[pedagogical]]; [[textbooky]], [[textbooklike]].
2. {{lb|en|figuratively}} Having the [[typical]] [[characteristic]]s of some [[class]] of [[phenomenon]], so that it might be included as an [[example]] in a textbook.
3. {{lb|en|figuratively}} Done exactly [[correctly]], in an [[exemplary]] way that might be described in a textbook.
4. {{lb|en|figuratively}} Learned from, or as if learned from, a textbook, as opposed to personal discovery or experience.

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