'Hornbook' definitions:
Definition of 'hornbook'
From: WordNet
noun
A primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge
Definition of 'Hornbook'
From: GCIDE
- Hornbook \Horn"book`\, n.
- 1. 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. "He teaches boys the hornbook." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hornbook'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abecedarium,
- abecedary,
- alphabet,
- alphabet book,
- and arithmetic,
- basics,
- battledore,
- casebook,
- elementary education,
- elements,
- exercise book,
- first principles,
- first steps,
- gradus,
- grammar,
- induction,
- initiation,
- introduction,
- manual,
- manual of instruction,
- outlines,
- primer,
- principia,
- principles,
- propaedeutic,
- reader,
- reading,
- rudiments,
- schoolbook,
- speller,
- spelling book,
- t,
- text,
- workbook,
- writing