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

Here’s our Week 6 Bills notebook. —Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025

Papier x Anthropologie 12-Day Advent Calendar The teen who color-codes everything will get plenty of use out of this lovely set of surprises like notebooks, thank-you cards, a pencil bag, and a brass cherry bookmark from stationary brand Papier. —Malia Griggs, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025

Grab your notebooks, future reality show contestants, as the season 47 champion presents Rachel LaMont’s 5-point plan toward mastering Survivor puzzles. —Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025

The service does still offer a free version, but since the end of 2023, it’s been limited to one notebook with 50 notes. —Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 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