scrapbook

noun

scrap·​book ˈskrap-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce scrapbook (audio)
: a blank book in which various items (such as newspaper clippings or pictures) are collected and preserved

Examples of scrapbook in a Sentence

My mother keeps a scrapbook of all the articles I've ever written.
Recent Examples on the Web Hang onto the plant tags in a folder or small scrapbook. Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2024 With just a few sculptures and paintings, the show is largely composed of works on paper — scores of drawings, watercolors, notations, sketchbooks, posters, notepads, photographs, scrapbooks and other assorted ephemera — plus documentary photographs by colleagues. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024 From left: Lim’s scrapbook featuring a picture of his first 3.1 Phillip Lim pieces in the Barneys New York window in 2004; Lim that same year; a black 3.1 Phillip Lim coat from the brand’s first collection, in 2004. Nicole Acheampong, New York Times, 26 June 2024 Though limited, the available artifacts of this period help researchers piece together these women’s lives, like the scrapbook of Stebbins’s sketches that her sister organized or Cushman’s costumes, preserved in arsenic. JSTOR Daily, 20 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for scrapbook 

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Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of scrapbook was in 1825

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“Scrapbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrapbook. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

scrapbook

noun
scrap·​book ˈskrap-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce scrapbook (audio)
: a book of blank pages for miscellaneous items (as clippings and pictures)

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