notebook

/ˌnoʊtˈbʊk/

/ˈnʌʊtbʊk/

Other forms: notebooks

A notebook is a blank book that you can write in. Students often carry notebooks, where they can take notes (and doodle).

The pages in a notebook are often lined, so that you can write neatly. You might keep one for writing to-do lists or thoughts (like a journal), or your notebooks might all be large binders full of class notes and math problems. Notebooks can be bound like books, or with a spiral metal or plastic binding, or consist of loose pages in a three-ring binder. Another, newer kind of notebook is a slim, lightweight laptop computer.

Definitions of notebook

1. noun

   a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda
   types:

   commonplace book

   a notebook in which you enter memorabilia

   jotter

   a small notebook for rough notes

   playbook

   a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team)

   type of:

   book, volume

   physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
2. noun

   a small compact portable computer
   synonyms: notebook computer

   types:

   planner

   a notebook for recording appointments and things to be done, etc.

   type of:

   portable computer

   a personal computer that can easily be carried by hand