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workbook

/ˌwʌrkˈbʊk/
/ˈwʌkbʊk/
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Other forms: workbooks

A school text that includes space for you to write or do practice problems is a workbook. If you find your vocabulary workbook dull and tedious, ask your teacher if you can use Vocabulary.com instead!

Simply put, a workbook is a book that you can do work in. Usually, workbooks are paperbacks filled with problems or exercises that you're meant to do right in the workbook, rather than on a separate sheet of paper. Elementary school students might have workbooks for practicing printing letters or doing simple math, while high school students may use a workbook to prepare for taking a test like the SAT.

Definitions of workbook
  1. noun
    a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them
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    type of:
    book
    a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
Pronunciation
US
/ˌwʌrkˈbʊk/
UK
/ˈwʌkbʊk/
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