Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

copybook

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
copy-book
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied.

noun

A notebook containing blank, often lined, pages for writing answers.

British usage

noun

A series of instructions or data definitions copied into multiple programs from a shared library; boilerplate.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From copy + book.

Usage

Inflected Forms

copybooks (plural)

Phrases

blot one's copybook

Frequently Paired Words

modelbook

Questions

What does copybook mean?
A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied.
Where does copybook come from?
From copy + book.

How to pronounce copybook

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