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Definitions for Hornbook

[1] a leaf or page containing the alphabet, religious materials, etc., covered with a sheet of transparent horn and fixed in a frame with a handle, formerly used in teaching children to read.
[2] a primer or book of rudiments.
[3] a page bearing a religious text or the alphabet, held in a frame with a thin window of flattened cattle horn over it
[4] any elementary primer

Words related to Hornbook

debut, installation, opening, addition, presentation, inauguration, launch, initiation, preface, establishment, influx, ingress, awakening, insertion, primer, lead, prelude, admittance, lead-in, induction

Words nearby Hornbook

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Origin of Hornbook

First recorded in 1580–90; horn + book

Synonyms for Hornbook

addition, debut, establishment, inauguration, influx, initiation, installation, launch, opening, preface, presentation, admittance, awakening, baptism, beginning, commencement, essentials, exordium, foreword, inception, induction, ingress, insertion, institution, interpolation, intro, lead, lead-in, overture, preamble, preliminaries, prelude, primer, prolegomenon, prologue, survey, basic principles, basic text, first acquaintance, first taste, opening remarks, pioneering, proem