Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

text-book

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English

Syllables: tex-t--book
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of textbook.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"I read the work and I consider it most useful for our colleges as a text-book, and of great advantage for those who have finished their studies, as well as for Catholics in general."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

text-books (plural)

Questions

What does text-book mean?: Obsolete form of textbook.

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