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

Sam Amick focused on the same, strange story out of Chicago in his useful notebook this week. —Chris Branch, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025

For some people, a pen and paper or a notebook is a good way to record meals and symptoms. —Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 14 Jan. 2025

The 600-page book contains excerpts from more than 28 notebooks spanning from his childhood to his final weeks in Paris. —Makena Gera, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025

There is a notebook with references, where I’m identified as Poet 1. —Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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