SCHOOLBOOK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A book prepared for use in schools or colleges

Example:

the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy

Synonyms:

school text; schoolbook; text; text edition; textbook

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("schoolbook" is a kind of...):

book (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "schoolbook"):

crammer (a textbook designed for cramming)

introduction (a basic or elementary instructional text)

primer (an introductory textbook)

reader (one of a series of texts for students learning to read)