schoolbook

[ skool-book ]

noun

1. a book for study in schools. school.

Word History and Origins

Origin of schoolbook¹

First recorded in 1735–45; school ¹ + book

Example Sentences

Soon, she’d be at New York University, where she gained a reputation as the girl who brought schoolbooks to parties.

From MIT Technology Review

He washed up, and they ate their dinner of rice and potatoes on the floor, by the table on which the children’s schoolbooks were piled high.

From Time

One of their students is a young man who learned to sew so well that they helped him go into business making bags to carry schoolbooks.

From Washington Post

That could buy a lot of schoolbooks or feed a lot of hungry people.

From Time

Right now in Korea they’re jumping ahead, they’re trying to see how should kids’ schoolbooks be delivered now that you have some kids learning from home, some kids coming to school.

From Ozy

The very first schoolbook that was written had God all over it.

From The Daily Beast

But you told this to Marina because of the association of Lee Oswald with the schoolbook depository?

From Project Gutenberg

Mill wrote what he intended for a Schoolbook of Political Economy.

From Project Gutenberg

Ms Galvez came in and patted her hair and set down her SchoolBook on her desk and powered it up.

From Project Gutenberg

To retain the flavor of this schoolbook, the Transcriber has left all grammar errors in tact.

From Project Gutenberg

John Milton was "the most notable man who ever kept school or published a schoolbook."

From Project Gutenberg

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