textbook
/ˈtɛkst.bʊk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
adj
Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.
adj
Learned from, or as if learned from, a textbook, as opposed to personal discovery or experience.
Example Sentences
- "These figures are just too textbook, or papyrus-like, as if this information came off of a shelf in the Library of Alexandria"
- "textbook case"
- "Every night had been clear and star-studded, the progression of the moon through its phases absolutely textbook, its dance with the planets visible in the ecliptic..."
- "Involuntarily it is practiced all the time, for instance when Shylock at the beginning of the trial describes himself as a very textbook example of a very bad and very common illness."
- "It's absolutely textbook! / The amount of trust Mia had in her future self was infinitesimal. Thus, she couldn't help but feel like there was something off about this name. / It's too textbook!"
- "It seemed too textbook, too talk-showish, but it was true."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɛkst.bʊk/
- British English: /ˈtɛkst.bʊk/