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Definitions: TEXT-BOOK |
TEXT-BOOKNoun1. A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook. 2. A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes. |
Date "TEXT-BOOK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references) |
Crosswords: TEXT-BOOK |
| Specialty definitions using "TEXT-BOOK": INCUBUS ♦ VIRGIL. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INCUBUS, n. One of a race of highly improper demons who, though probably not wholly extinct, may be said to have seen their best nights. For a complete account of incubi and succubi, including incubae and succubae, see the Liber Demonorum of Protassus (Paris, 1328), which contains much curious information that would be out of place in a dictionary intended as a text-book for the public schools. Victor Hugo relates that in the Channel Islands Satan himself -- tempted more than elsewhere by the beauty of the women, doubtless -- sometimes plays at incubus, greatly to the inconvenience and alarm of the good dames who wish to be loyal to their marriage vows, generally speaking. A certain lady applied to the parish priest to learn how they might, in the dark, distinguish the hardy intruder from their husbands. The holy man said they must feel his brown for horns; but Hugo is ungallant enough to hint a doubt of the efficacy of the test. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "TEXT-BOOK" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 52.00% of the time. "TEXT-BOOK" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 52% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 44% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 4% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 25 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "TEXT-BOOK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 课本 (textbook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | haandbog. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schoolboek (textbook), leerboek (text book, textbook), handboek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | læribók. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | oppikirja. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | manuel (text book, textbook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Handbuch (compendium, guide, handbook, instruction book, instruction manual, instructions for use, manual, operating instructions, set of instructions, vade-mecum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εγχειρίδιο (dagger, flick-knife, handbook, manual, poniard, stiletto, text book, vade mecum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | manuale (by hand, guide, hand, handbook, manual, textbook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 교과서 (schoolbook, textbook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ext-booktay podręcznik. (various references) manual (class-book, encipher, guide, handbook, manual alphabet, vade mecum, work-book). (various references) manual (handbook, manual, textbook, trade). (various references) lärobok (educational book, primer, school book, textbook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: textbook. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-k-o-o-t-t-x" | |
-2 letters: betook. | |
-4 letters: book, boot, bott, keto, kobo, koto, oboe, otto, text, toke, took, toot, tote. | |
-5 letters: bet, boo, bot, box, kex, kob, obe, oke, oot, oxo, tet, toe, too, tot. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-k-o-o-t-t-x" | |
+1 letter: textbooks. | |
+3 letters: textbookish. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 45 58 54 2D 42 4F 4F 4B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01000101 01011000 01010100 00101101 01000010 01001111 01001111 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T E X T - B O O K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0045 0058 0054 002D 0042 004F 004F 004B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)543958541536494945 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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