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

Try the recipe from your great-grandmother's cookbook, drive your grandmother's car, make a scrapbook with your parents and siblings. —Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 5 June 2025

From the Miami Herald archives: Year of the rat Published April 13, 2016 By Greg Cote The remarkable lasting magic of the Year of the Rat owes some of its endurance to the dearth of anything else that might have come along to earn as cherished a place in the scrapbook of memories all fans keep. —Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025

Journals with blank pages, including sketchbooks, give kids plenty of space to doodle, write or create scrapbooks. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 June 2025

But ultimately this is a nice thing for his scrapbook. —Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025

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)