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

Each Kid Reporter will receive a TIME For Kids Kid Reporter T-shirt, press credential, reporter’s notebook, and letter of congratulations. —Time For Kids, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025

Inspired by the Panama diary invented in 1908, the notebook is lightweight, portable and the ideal travel companion. —Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025

As part of this return of property in FBI custody I was given Brian's notebook. —Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025

To that end, Entertainment Weekly will once again serve as your handy-dandy clue notebook of sorts. —Lauren Huff, EW.com, 13 Feb. 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