textbook
part of speech
noun (a textbook, textbooks); adjective (textbook)
meaning for a pupil
1) A book used by pupils and students to study a subject. tree →
2) (adjective) Exactly as it should be, a perfect example: «a textbook goal». tree →
sense 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 →
- My science textbook has great pictures of the solar system. tree →
- The pilot made a textbook landing. tree →
- That was a textbook example of good teamwork. tree →
- I left my textbook at school. tree →
- The textbook explains fractions step by step. tree →
- If each textbook weighs 800 g, five textbooks weigh 4 kg. tree →
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».
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «textbook» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.