scrapbook

noun

scrap·​book ˈskrap-ˌbu̇k 

: 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

The scrapbook wasn't her mother's doing, but rather the work of her older sister. —Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025

One of her earliest scrapbooks became a personal time capsule filled with snapshots and mementos from different chapters of her childhood. —Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025

The images are then stored in a logbook—a virtual scrapbook of sorts—along with information like altitude and location. —Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025

The real bombshell was a birthday scrapbook that Maxwell put together for Epstein’s 50th birthday, full of doodles, poems, photos, and letters from people in his life. —Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for scrapbook

• betook
• casebook
• chapbook
• checkbook
• chinook
• codebook
• cookbook
• fishhook
• forsook
• guidebook
• handbook
• hornbook

Kids Definition

scrapbook

noun

scrap·​book ˈskrap-ˌbu̇k 

: a book of blank pages for miscellaneous items (as clippings and pictures)