schoolbook

«schoolbook» in Mova's school dictionary: A book used for lessons at school, such as a textbook or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a schoolbook, schoolbooks)

meaning for a pupil

A book used for lessons at school, such as a textbook or exercise book. tree →

sense 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 →
• His schoolbooks were full of doodles. tree →
• Grandad still has his old schoolbooks from 1960. tree →
• Don't forget your schoolbooks on Monday. tree →
• In the past, children shared schoolbooks. tree →
• The facts in old schoolbooks are sometimes out of date. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «schoolbook» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.