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

On this morning, volunteers pack up notebooks, Bibles and cards that chaplains will share with people behind bars. — Sharon Chin, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Recently, Hobert wrote down one of her goals 40 times in a notebook. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

At the start of this school year, Aya’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Naheda, asked for a spiral notebook. — Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026

The Russians turned schools into fighting positions and surgical stations, and carted in boxes of Russian toys and notebooks as part of a plan to replace the Ukrainian school curriculum with a pro-Russia one. — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026

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