schoolbook

American  

[skool-book] / ˈskulˌbʊk /

noun

1. a book for study in schools. school.

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Etymology

Origin of schoolbook

First recorded in 1735–45; school ¹ + book

Example Sentences

There was even a pretty rug at the far end of the room where there were no desks, only shelves of books that looked like real books, not schoolbooks.

From Literature

Of everything we’d worked to attain—from our college schoolbooks, to our Sunday best, to the materials we used for teaching—much of it had been destroyed.

From Literature

For decades, the Irish-language revival was associated with obligatory schoolbook lessons, traditional folk culture and a dreary version of nationalism.

From Salon

Nadia is still at the other end of the street, moving slow, weighed down by schoolbooks.

From Literature

The building, which had been a schoolbook depository and a tire warehouse, was “erected brick by brick by African American masons,” the museum says.

From New York Times

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