HORNBOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hornbook mean? 

• HORNBOOK (noun)
  The noun HORNBOOK has 1 sense:

1. a primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge

  Familiarity information: HORNBOOK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORNBOOK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hornbook" is a kind of...):

primer (an introductory textbook)