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schoolbook

schoolbook noun: a book used, or prepared for use, in schools; especially, a textbook.

Noun

schoolbook (plural schoolbooks)

  1. A book used, or prepared for use, in schools; especially, a textbook.
    • [Editor David W. Blight said:] In 1795, after producing his own geography textbook, modeled on Jedidiah Morse’s famous Geography (1784), Bingham resigned as a teacher in the Boston schools, opened a bookstore on Cornhill Street in Boston, and devoted himself to producing schoolbooks. In Boston in...1997 [1797], David W. Blight, “Editor's Introduction: The Peculiar Dialogue Between Caleb Bingham and Frederick Douglass”, in Caleb Bingham, edited by David W. Blight, The Columbian Orator...
    • You studied the wrong lesson. Why, there is gum all over your book. How did this happen? JD, I am a little surprised at the condition of your schoolbook. You will have to stay in during recess and 74 The Adventures of JD Losey.[…]2005 May, Skeet Keaton, The Adventures of Jd Losey, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 74

schoolbook meaning in Tagalog and Indonesian

schoolbook in Tagalog

textbook used in school
pampaaralang aklat

schoolbook in Indonesian

textbook used in school
buku sekolah

Forms of schoolbook

pluralschoolbooks
alternative formschool book

Origin of schoolbook

From school + book.

Questions about schoolbook

What does schoolbook mean?
Schoolbook means a book used, or prepared for use, in schools; especially, a textbook.
What is schoolbook in Tagalog?
Schoolbook in Tagalog is pampaaralang aklat. See Schoolbook meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is schoolbook?
Schoolbook is a noun.
What is the plural of schoolbook?
The plural of schoolbook is schoolbooks.

Words near schoolbook in the dictionary

  1. schoolage
  2. schoolbag
  3. schoolbags
  4. schoolboard
  5. schoolboards
  6. schoolbook
  7. schoolbookish
  8. schoolbooks
  9. schoolboy
  10. schoolboy error
  11. schoolboy errors

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