textbook : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: textbook	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for textbook
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
textbook adj according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical; "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example" Synonym(s): casebook, textbook n a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" Synonym(s): textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text Antonym(s): trade book, trade edition
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Text-book \Text"-book`\, n. 1. A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes. 2. A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook.