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# schoolbook

noun (a schoolbook, schoolbooks)

«schoolbook» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A book used for lessons at school, such as a textbook or exercise book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolbook/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and older stories: children carry their schoolbooks in a satchel. In stories from long ago, schoolbooks were few and precious. Alice tries to remember what she learned from her lessons and schoolbooks, but it all comes out wrong.

### Examples

- She packed her schoolbooks into her bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolbook/#x1)
- His schoolbooks were full of doodles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolbook/#x2)
- Grandad still has his old schoolbooks from 1960. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolbook/#x3)
- Don't forget your schoolbooks on Monday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolbook/#x4)
- In the past, children shared schoolbooks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolbook/#x5)
- The facts in old schoolbooks are sometimes out of date. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolbook/#x6)

### Note

One word: schoolbook (also «school book»). Plural: schoolbooks. Similar: textbook (for learning a subject), exercise book (for writing in).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «schoolbook» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolbook/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«schoolbook» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/schoolbook.html) on Mova free.