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

Mangione's defense is arguing that evidence including his backpack and its contents - a 9mm pistol with a silencer and a notebook filled with writings expressing disdain for the health insurance industry - should not be admitted, saying it was unlawfully searched without a warrant. —Christina Fan, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025

Find here the latest releases from the biggest names in writing and publishing, but also puzzles, pens, totes, candles, notebooks and other literary bits and bobs. —Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025

That drive was evident at their first meeting when a 15-year-old Mendoza arrived ready with a notebook and pen, something that Dunn expects from college athletes but found surprising with such a young player. —Brynn Gingras, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025

About 50,000 schoolchildren were given notebooks and asked to interview their parents, grandparents, and neighbors all about local history, beliefs, and cures. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 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