textbook

Speech parts

1. textbook - Noun

2. textbook - Adjective

3. textbook - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical

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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people, as no historical reconstruction can. Edith Hamilton

I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy? Cassandra Clare

We may need simple and heroic legends for that peculiar genre of literature known as the textbook. But historians must also labor to rescue human beings from their legends in science-if only so that we may understand the process of scientific thought aright. Stephen Jay Gould

Seize every opportunity you have to learn. Keep your eyes and ears wide open and seize life - don't let the moments slip through your fingers like a fistful of sand. Be your own teacher. Let life write your textbook. Richie Sambora

I would say that, in the future, the book will be reserved for things that function best as a book. So, if I need a textbook that's going to be out of date because of new technological inventions, you're better off having it where you can download the supplements or the update. Art Spiegelman

The problem is that I know the textbook answers to any question you care to ask. Eoin Colfer

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