textbook

noun

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text·book | \ ˈteks(t)-ˌbu̇k

Definition of textbook

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a book used in the study of a subject: such as

a : one containing a presentation of the principles of a subject

b : a literary work relevant to the study of a subject

textbook

adjective

Definition of textbook (Entry 2 of 2)

: of, suggesting, or suitable to a textbook especially : classic a textbook example of bureaucratic waste

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Noun one shelf in my bookcase is crammed full of my old college textbooks Adjective a textbook example of a film that captures the feel of the novel on which it is based

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun It has been warped into bitter jingoism, the rough parts redacted, a textbook example of the way in which memory can be perverted in the name of politics. — Sophie Pinkham, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021 Fukuyama made his diagnosis at a time when the United States under former president Donald Trump seemed the textbook example of pandemic management gone wrong. — Washington Post, 3 May 2021 This is a plush, delicious, textbook example of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that is a true crowd pleaser. — Tom Hyland, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021 In 1948, Samuelson published what might be the most celebrated economics textbook of all time. — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2021 Johnson’s resounding win in December 2019 was a textbook example. — Samuel Earle, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2021 The cast then showed off photos of rehearsals while wear masks and an audience member reading a medical textbook. — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 23 May 2021 One is that his team’s conquest of Miami in the first year that LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh joined forces remains a textbook on NBA coaching. — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 17 May 2021 There were only two books in his childhood home—a Bible and a world history textbook—but a job as a page in a library put literature into his eager grasp. — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Having a bunch of Boomers in a closed environment for long periods of time isn’t exactly textbook social distancing. — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2020

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