textbook.
A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.
Meaning & usage
A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.
Where this word comes from
From text + book.
Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.
textbook case
Done exactly correctly, in an exemplary way that might be described in a textbook.
Well done everyone, the tree fell exactly where we planned. That was textbook.
Learned from, or as if learned from, a textbook, as opposed to personal discovery or experience.
He has a textbook understanding of company law but no practical experience of litigation.
Where this word comes from
From text + book.
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