textbook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.

adj

Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.
Done exactly correctly, in an exemplary way that might be described in a textbook.
Learned from, or as if learned from, a textbook, as opposed to personal discovery or experience.

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From text + book.

casebook

e-textbook textbook case textbook example

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