Crossword clues for copybook
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
copybook \copybook\ n. a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A student’s exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied 2 (context computing English) A series of instructions or data definitions copied into multiple programs from a shared library; boilerplate
WordNet
n. a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship
Wikipedia
Copybook may refer to:
- Copybook (education), a book containing examples and space for writing down copies of the examples
- Copybook (programming), source code that can be copied or included into other programs
- Copybook (comics), a comic book produced by a copy machine instead of professional printer
- Copybook (calligraphy), a book containing rubbings of famous calligraphy for students to imitate
A copybook (or copy book) is a book used in education that contains examples and blank space for writing down copies of the examples by imitation. Typical uses include teaching penmanship and arithmetic to students. A page of a copy book typically starts with a copybook heading: a printed example of what should be copied, such as a single letter or a short proverb. The rest of the page is empty, except for horizontal rulings. The student is expected to copy the example down the page. By copying, the student is supposed to practise penmanship, spelling, reading comprehension, punctuation, and vocabulary.
A copybook ( or ) is a book for practicing Chinese calligraphy.
Usage examples of "copybook".
He found two card indexes, a half-dozen school copybooks, some used, a small cassette-recorder you could shove in your pocket.
A young man of inaction, who tried to murder his father by means of long poems in school copybooks and referred to his mother as the cook.
Indeed, Longmont had had no idea what StateSec was doing to its other prisoners, because Delta Forty had been a sort of holding point for Peep officers who hadn't blotted their copybooks beyond all hope of redemption.
Indeed, Longmont had had no idea what StateSec was doing to its other prisoners, because Delta Forty had been a sort of holding point for Peep officers who hadn’t blotted their copybooks beyond all hope of redemption.
He might not have any blots on his copybook, but it made him very much the new kid on the block, and he must have realized by now that the rest of the squadron expected their admiral to pitch a tantrum over their recent performance.
The librarian took out a fountain pen and wrote in beautiful copybook writing an introduction on the back of one of his visiting cards.