notebook

noun

note·​book ˈnōt-ˌbu̇k 

1

: a book for notes or memoranda

2

: laptop entry 2

especially : a particularly small or light laptop

… have been selling smaller, lighter, cheaper and more powerful notebooks for two years.

—Peter H. Lewis

—often used before another noun

a notebook computer

Examples of notebook in a Sentence

Take out your notebook and write down some of your ideas.

She kept a notebook for her poetry.

Recent Examples on the Web

August was all about preparing for the return to school, with popular grocery items including colored pencils, ring binders, index cards, as well as rulers, notebooks, and calculators. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2025

From there, the development team empties their notebook of all the eccentric ideas that didn’t make the cut the first time around. —Luke Winkie, Vulture, 18 June 2025

Law enforcement carried out a search warrant and found a handwritten list of names, many of which were the same public officials named in the notebooks found in Boelter’s SUV. —Mara Gottfried, Mercury News, 17 June 2025

Jeff Sanders’ pregame notebook (here) included the news about Luis Campusano going back to Triple-A. Jeff also spoke to Granite Hills High alumnus Trenton Brooks, who made his first start for the Padres last night and went 0-for-2. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for notebook

• kinderhook
• meadowbrook
• overlook
• overtook
• pocketbook
• storybook
• tillamook
• undertook
• betook
• casebook
• chapbook
• checkbook

Kids Definition

notebook

noun

note·​book ˈnōt-ˌbu̇k 

1

: a book for notes

2

: a portable computer that is similar to but usually smaller than a laptop