notebook

[noht-boo k] /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/
noun
1.
a book of or for notes.
2.
a book or binder of blank, often ruled, pages for recording notes, especially one used by students in class.
3.
a book in which promissory notes are entered, registered, recorded, etc.
4.
a small, lightweight laptop computer.
Origin
1570-80; note + book
Examples from the web for notebook
  • Each notebook spans about four months, transcending minutiae to record the life of our times as well as her own.
  • He wrote down in a notebook the names of the best pool shooters in the world, and proceeded to beat them one by one.
  • Sales of cheaper notebook computers are already suffering.
  • When you find a box, open the notebook you find inside.
  • Be sure to bring along a notebook so you can record your observations.
  • The report is written on lined notebook paper and clipped into a weathered three-ring binder.
  • Without warning, he wrenches my notebook from my hands and shoves me against the car.
  • Instead of relying on your usual routine, buy a special notebook in which to carry all your pre- and post-arrival notes.
  • She showed us a notebook of about a hundred different plaque designs she weaves.
  • Hunched over a spiral notebook, she wrote page after page, a missive to the beyond.
British Dictionary definitions for notebook

notebook

/ˈnəʊtˌbʊk/
noun
1.
a book for recording notes or memoranda
2.
a book for registering promissory notes
Word Origin and History for notebook
n.

1570s, from note + book (n.).

notebook in Technology


1. laptop computer.
2. Labtech Notebook.
(1998-01-05)