Hornbook

What do we mean by hornbook?

An early primer consisting of a single page protected by a transparent sheet of horn, formerly used in teaching children to read. noun

A text that instructs in the basic skills or rudiments of a subject. noun

A leaf or page, usually one containing the alphabet, the nine digits, and the Lord's Prayer, covered with transparent horn and fixed in a frame with a handle: formerly used in teaching children to read. noun

Hence A book containing the first principles of any science or branch of knowledge; a primer. noun

The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer. noun

A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook. noun

A legal textbook that gives a basic overview of a particular area of law. noun

A primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge noun

A single page containing the alphabet, covered with a sheet of transparent horn, formerly used for teaching children to read.

A legal textbook that gives a basic overview of a particular area of law.

Words that are spelled similarly to hornbook:
hornbook, hornbrook, horn-book, horn book, workbook, wordbook, hymnbook, nonbook, herdbook, hornwork, hornback, hornbeak, hornfoot, hornbeck, hornbooks.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word hornbook:
primer, witches, alphabet, poems, law, legal, book, times, children, york, written.

Words that rhyme with hornbook:
book, look, outlook, hook, overlook, crook, cook, brook, nook, rook, chinook, snook, shook, mook, gobbledygook, took, textbook, zook, donnybrook, notebook, forsook, logbook, chook, handbook, gook, cookbook, brooke, pocketbook, quook, yearbook, guidebook, mistook, scrapbook, checkbook, cooke, undertook, inglenook, flook, storybook, schnook, plook, hooke, blue book, passbook, strook, comic book, overcook, rulebook, overtook, unhook, black book, precook, grappling hook, sketchbook, stroock, overbook, rebook, schoolbook, bankbook, shnook, take a look, retook, have a look, phone book, kirkuk, white book, tooke, good book, commonplace book, sihanouk, closed book, matchbook, reference book, account book, westbrook, coloring book, holbrook, sourcebook, blook, reaping hook, pastry cook, fire hook, willowbrook, by hook or by crook, day book, prayer book, rooke, seabrook, fake book, talking book, order book, pruning hook, cant hook, trade book, undercook, crochet hook, mccook, picture book, boat hook, mug book.

Adjectives that are often used to describe hornbook:
old, very, unique, own, different, modern.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective hornbook:
law, form, rule, philosophers, series, ambition, rules, doctrine, text, remedies.

Consonant match to hornbook:
hornback, hornbeak, hornbeck, horn book.

Words that sound like hornbook:
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