Material and Textbook

Material

Material noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.

Textbook and material are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Textbook" instead a noun "Material".

Textbook

Textbook noun - A book used for instruction in a subject.

Material and textbook are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Material" instead a noun "Textbook".

Both words in one sentence

  • Denser and Wackier The first few episodes of Community were fairly textbook sitcom material, but over the course of the first season the absurdity was played up.
  • Blank White Eyes Cerebus Syndrome- Coga Suro is pretty much a textbook example of this, gradually losing more of the 'gag a day' material in favour of longer arcs.
  • Beam Me Up, Scotty! Never mind that you will never find anything remotely like the "His youth was Arcadia" line in original German, and most researchers agree that it is a textbook case of Matsumoto's taking an Artistic License with the (no longer identifiable) source material.
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