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

Handcrafted by Nashville’s Hunker Goods, this briefcase can hold everything from a laptop to notebooks or whatever Dad deems necessary. —Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2024

Current Cardinal players lined one section of seats, former coaches and athletes dotted the front row, and media members sitting amid the crowd had notebooks and recorders out to document every word retiring Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer had to say. —Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024

This includes toiletries, my notebook and computer, and any small apparel or gear items like charging cables and electronics. —Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2024

Their premature appearance mid-beach season only served to stress out parents like me, who were attempting to block out all thoughts of notebooks and glue sticks for at least another few weeks. —Melissa Willets, Parents, 2 Apr. 2024

Police established a perimeter around Moyer's home and communicated with him through a notebook, the complaint said. —Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024

And the team has had their share of colorful players who could fill reporters’ notebooks and TV sound bites on and off the field. —Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024

Rice, a sophomore point guard who writes in her notebook before practices that UCLA will play in the Final Four, needed to rewrite her team’s narrative midgame. —Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024

The Alcaraz-Sinner show really got under way in the second set, and my notebook began filling with exclamation points. —Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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