notebook
- Top 5000
Sense 1
- noun
- A1
A book of empty or lined paper that you write notes, ideas or school work in.
I keep a small notebook in my bag for sudden ideas.
She filled three notebooks during her first year of study.
My maths notebook has squared pages instead of lined ones.
He tore a page out of his notebook and folded it twice.
Common collocations: a spiral notebook · keep a notebook · open a notebook · write in a notebook · a page of a notebook
Part of: Writing, School and teaching, The office
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B1
A small light computer that you can carry with you and that opens like a book.
The notebook weighs about one kilo and fits in a rucksack.
His notebook runs for six hours before the battery dies.
They sell cheap notebooks for students at the shop downstairs.
Common collocations: a notebook computer · charge a notebook · carry a notebook · a lightweight notebook
Part of: Science and technology, The office, Phone and internet