Hornbook

Synonyms for "hornbook" (38 found)

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Closest matches (8)

abecedarium abecedary alphabet alphabet book and arithmetic basics battledore

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (11)

casebook elementary education elements exercise book first principles first steps gradus grammar induction initiation introduction

Related words (19)

manual manual of instruction outline outlines primer principia principles propaedeutic reader reading rudiments schoolbook speller spelling book t text textbook workbook writing

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

1 entries

primer

coordinate

3 entries

ABC ABC book primer

derived from

2 entries

book horn

has context

1 entries

legal

is a

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primer

related to

6 entries

alphabet horn law legal overview textbook

Translations

2 translations across 2 languages.

Dutch

1 entries

abecedarium noun (hornbook)

Swedish

1 entries

abc-bok noun (hornbook)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Yes, yes, he teaches boyes the Horne-Booke: […]

Source: wiktionary

HO′RNBOOK. n.ʃ. [horn and book] The firſt book of children, covered vvith horn to keep it unſoiled.

Source: wiktionary

By way of the hornbook Shakespeare would have learned to read, […]

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Infants learned their letters from a hornbook, a square of wood shaped like a table-tennis bat on which were pasted the alphabet, syllables and the Lord's Prayer […]

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