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# textbook

noun (a textbook, textbooks); adjective (textbook)

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

## Everyday

1. A book used by pupils and students to study a subject. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#m1)
2. (adjective) Exactly as it should be, a perfect example: «a textbook goal». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school, pupils use maths, science and history textbooks with lessons and exercises. In sport and everyday talk, «textbook» means done perfectly by the rules: «a textbook landing». Phrases: «maths textbook», «open your textbooks», «a textbook example», «textbook case».

### Examples

- Please open your maths textbooks at page 32. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x1)
- My science textbook has great pictures of the solar system. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x2)
- The pilot made a textbook landing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x3)
- That was a textbook example of good teamwork. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x4)
- I left my textbook at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x5)
- The textbook explains fractions step by step. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x6)
- If each textbook weighs 800 g, five textbooks weigh 4 kg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x7)

### Note

One word. As an adjective it comes before a noun: «a textbook case». Do not confuse with «exercise book» (a notebook you write in) or «workbook».

## On Mova

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