notebook

note·book | \ ˈnōt-ˌbu̇k

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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 In the early days of Facebook, founder Mark Zuckerberg was always scrawling away in a notebook. — Alex Baker-whitcomb, Wired, "Zuck's Lost Notebook, Marsupial Trouble, and More News," 12 Feb. 2020 One after another, a chain of people find each other through the winding path of the notebook. — Emily Gray Tedrowe, USA TODAY, "Review: Claire Pooley's 'The Authenticity Project' a cozy, feel-good read," 2 Feb. 2020 Sportswriter mom feeds baby at half time made a lot of early notebooks. — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, "Personal measuring stick of 49ers Super Bowl success: my baby girl," 28 Jan. 2020 If writing in a notebook is inconvenient, consider an app like Lose it! or MyFitnessPal. — Lisa Drayer, CNN, "12 small resolutions to clean up your diet in 2020," 19 Dec. 2019 The costume looks like something out of Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks. — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, "This Dinosaur Contraption Is Proof Engineers Make the Best Costumes," 7 Nov. 2019 His son Zach was lounging in his room, staring intently at an iPad and scribbling in a notebook. — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, "Student of the game: Zach Collins, primed for a bigger role with Portland Trail Blazers, has long been preparing for this moment," 22 Oct. 2019 The inner deck of the magnesium notebook features a normal keyboard layout, a large trackpad at the bottom, and a strip of speaker grills flanking either side of the keyboard. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Google announces the Pixelbook Go, a premium, MacBook-style Chrome OS laptop," 15 Oct. 2019 The following listings and descriptions are based on information provided by Playhouse Square and the critic’s own notebook. — Andrea Simakis, cleveland, "‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ ‘Hadestown’ and ‘The Cher Show’ among the highlights of Playhouse Square 2020-21 KeyBank Broadway Series," 3 Mar. 2020

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“Notebook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/notebook. Accessed 29 Mar. 2020.

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