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textbook

text·book

US/ˈtɛkst.bʊk/ fairly common
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

a book prepared for use in schools or colleges

  • “his economics textbook is in its tenth edition”
  • “the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy”
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adjective

1.

according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical

  • “a casebook schizophrenic”
  • “a textbook example”
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Origin

From text + book.

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