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

Except there’s a huge difference between Pritt Sticking a few pictures into a notebook and waking up on your 16th birthday to your mum giving you somewhere north of 4,000 emails to read. —Claire Cohen, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025

The inclusion of Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2 further underscores the rather retro nature of this notebook. —PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025

Hardly a breakthrough, but as users create increasing numbers of notebooks, Google will need to add organizational tools. —Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

There is advice for journaling and a plethora of purchasing options for gratitude notebooks and diaries. —Monica Y. Bartlett, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 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