hornbook

hornbook meaning in Tamil

Examples of hornbook in a sentence

• By way of the hornbook Shakespeare would have learned to read, […]1913, Katharine Lee Bates, Lilla Weed, Shakespeare: Selective Bibliography and Biographical Notes, page 41:
• Infants learned their letters from a hornbook, a square of wood shaped like a table-tennis bat on which were pasted the alphabet, syllables and the Lord's Prayer […]1999, Nigel Wheale, Writing and Society: Literacy, Print, and Politics in Britain, 1590-1660, page 43:
• The hornbook is the first piece of instructional material specifically mentioned in American records.2002, Nila Banton Smith, American Reading Instruction, page 14:
• Not only is it difficult to extract just the right doozy of an adjective out of the hornbook, but the maneuver can be performed at most twice in the course of an article or chapter.2008, Ben Yagoda, When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It, Crown, →ISBN, page 30:

Synonyms of hornbook

• battledore

Forms of hornbook

Origin of hornbook

From horn + book.

Questions about hornbook

What does hornbook mean?

Hornbook means a single page containing the alphabet, covered with a sheet of transparent horn, formerly used for teaching children to read.

What is hornbook in Tamil?

Hornbook in Tamil is சட்டப் பள்ளிகளில். See Hornbook meaning in Tamil.

How do you use hornbook in a sentence?

By way of the hornbook Shakespeare would have learned to read, […]

What part of speech is hornbook?

Hornbook is a noun.

What is the plural of hornbook?

The plural of hornbook is hornbooks.