casebook
/ˈkeɪsˌbʊk/
casebook noun: a kind of book, used in law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and related materials.
Noun
casebook (plural casebooks)
Adjective
casebook (comparative more casebook, superlative most casebook)
- Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon; a textbook example.
- Her shrink had told her that her own father, as she'd describe him, was practically a casebook example of an anal retentive.1977, Cyra McFadden, The Serial, A Year in the Life of Marin County, page 70
casebook meaning in Tamil
casebook in Tamil
- நோயர்க் குறிப்புப் புத்தகம், மருத்துவரின் நோய் குறிப்புப் புத்தகம்
Forms of casebook
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | casebooks |
| alternative form | case-book |
| alternative form | case book |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more casebook |
| superlative | most casebook |
Origin of casebook
From case + book. First use appears c. 1675.
Questions about casebook
- What does casebook mean?
- Casebook means a kind of book, used in law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and related materials.
- What is casebook in Tamil?
- Casebook in Tamil is நோயர்க் குறிப்புப் புத்தகம், மருத்துவரின் நோய் குறிப்புப் புத்தகம். See Casebook meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is casebook?
- Casebook can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce casebook?
- Casebook is pronounced /ˈkeɪsˌbʊk/.
- What is the plural of casebook?
- The plural of casebook is casebooks.
Words near casebook in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: casebook (page history and authors); casebook (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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