notebook

noun

note·book | \ ˈnōt-ˌbu̇k

Definition of notebook

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

Its functionality is unmatched: There’s room for your laptop, a wallet, a packed lunch, a notebook, an extra pair of shoes… and about a dozen other things. — Madeline Fass, Vogue, "Ditch the Commuter Tote in Favor of These Chic, Functional Work Bags," 3 Feb. 2019 Either way, the XPS 15 is much less expensive than similarly brawny notebooks. — Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, "The Ars Holiday Gift Guide 2018—good tech for the power user in your life," 4 Dec. 2018 It’s great news for anyone who wants a powerful notebook with long battery life and doesn’t have $3,000 to blow. — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, "I just cheated on my MacBook Pro with a cheaper alternative from Huawei," 21 June 2018 Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 series, including the ThinkPad X1 Carbon and ThinkPad X1 Yoga, are already among the top business notebooks in their class. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon, X1 Yoga slim down with 8th-gen Core chips for 2019," 7 Jan. 2019 Cash, moved by the song, wrote the lyrics down in his notebook. — Allison Stewart, Washington Post, "At Folsom prison, Johnny Cash found his cause," 28 May 2018 When Thomas leaves, Payton writes in his notebook: Good. — Jonathan Jones, SI.com, "24 Hours ... At the NFL Scouting Combine," 8 Mar. 2018 The complete inability to upgrade the device is hard to stomach in a notebook this expensive. — Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, "The Ars Holiday Gift Guide 2018—good tech for the power user in your life," 4 Dec. 2018 The whole first act is a flurry of Spacek and Strathairn sketching out equations, manhandling notebooks, and shooting each other looks that say more than most dialogue usually does. — Sean O'kane, The Verge, "LCD Soundsystem’s new music video is basically a Rian Johnson short film," 27 Sep. 2018

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