scrapbook

noun

scrap·​book ˈskrap-ˌbu̇k 

: a blank book in which various items (such as newspaper clippings or pictures) are collected and preserved

Examples of scrapbook in a Sentence

My mother keeps a scrapbook of all the articles I've ever written.

Recent Examples on the Web

Their proud parents, who would have taken the footage and can be heard shouting words of encouragement from the sidelines, are featured holding scrapbook photographs with their amateur trophies in the background. —Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 1 June 2026

The scrapbook has notes for various events in which Ursula wrote about her life in Shanghai. —Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026

Kilmer's filming habit — capturing everything from his SoCal childhood to his time at Juilliard to the sets of Top Gun (1986) and Batman Forever (1995) — plus appearances by fellow stars (young Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon, an imposing Marlon Brando) creates a compelling scrapbook. —Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 27 May 2026

The University of Massachusetts acquired the scrapbook. —Danielle Parker, CBS News, 18 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for scrapbook

• betook
• casebook
• chapbook
• checkbook
• chinook
• codebook
• cookbook
• fishhook
• forsook
• guidebook
• handbook
• logbook

Kids Definition

scrapbook

noun

scrap·​book ˈskrap-ˌbu̇k 

: a book of blank pages for miscellaneous items (as clippings and pictures)