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school·book (sko̵̅o̅l′bo̵ok′)

noun

a book used for study in schools; textbook

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schoolbook Synonyms

schoolbook

n.

text, primer, textbook, assigned reading; see book 1, text 1.


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schoolbook Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • buy: Abebech sold four goats to buy a cow and another two to buy schoolbooks and clothes for her children.

Adjective modifier

  • old: I wonder why Andy Martin has so few possessions, I wonder what he did with all his old schoolbooks and teddy bears!

Modifies a noun

  • market: The publishing activity of the Branch concentrates almost entirely on producing courses for the local ELT schoolbooks market.
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