schoolbook

noun

school·​book ˈskül-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce schoolbook (audio)
: a school textbook

Examples of schoolbook in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Parents and others have organized and protested schoolbook bans. Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024 Children’s drawings clung to the wallpaper, and schoolbooks were stacked on the living room shelves. Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023 On recent visits, lizards scuttled through the belongings left behind — a jar of pills, a schoolbook filled with a child’s handwriting, a guide to creating a computer password. Gabby Sobelman, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023 New schoolbooks for high school students about general world history and Russian history are presented in Moscow last month. Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2023 So 10-year-old Meir helped form a club to raise money to help families buy schoolbooks. Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2023 By the time Ford acquired the building, the old DPS records and schoolbooks were long gone, although some large machinery and conveyor belt equipment was still inside and needed to be disassembled before it could be removed. Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2023 The building was used for storing schoolbooks, supplies and district records, and became known as the Roosevelt Park Warehouse. Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2023 Raised by her grandmother in rural Tanzania, Mercy Esther and her siblings were born into poverty, sometimes without money for food, let alone schoolbooks. Lisa Cohen, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1634, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of schoolbook was in 1634

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“Schoolbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolbook. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

schoolbook

noun
school·​book ˈskül-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce schoolbook (audio)
: a school textbook

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