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

Officers also found a notebook containing what appeared to be a goodbye note, multiple prescription bottles — some empty, others with pills — with miscellaneous paperwork, and a vehicle title. —Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025

That Tupperware storage bin, with years’ worth of notebooks, holds almost twenty-five years of beginnings. —Megan Cummins august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025

Bandz was stuck in the house and started writing a song in her notebook. —Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025

In an interview, Torgerson recalled that in searching a room of the Brom house that night, a notebook was found in which Brom laid out his plan to kill his family. —Matthew Stolle, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 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