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

The Beautiful Ones contains the early pages of his writing as well as photos, scrapbooks and handwritten lyrics sheets. —Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026

There is a single drawing of the small museum in Dorsey’s Philadelphia home; a handful of snapshots of the Harlem studio of collector, scrapbook maker, and dandy Alexander Gumby; and one grainy photograph of the library of Ella Elbert, featured in The Crisis magazine in 1920. —Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026

On the other side of the scale, in a vitrine at one end of the space, are a group of five small scrapbooks. —Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026

Wilma needs no encouragement to fetch the scrapbook. —Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 8 Apr. 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
• hornbook

Kids Definition

scrapbook

noun

scrap·​book ˈskrap-ˌbu̇k 

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