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notebook

noun

Simple meaning

A book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda.

Pronunciation

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nohtbuuk

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈnoʊtbʊk

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

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noun

  1. A book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda

  2. A book in which notes or memoranda are written.

  3. computing

    A class of laptop computer that is around the size of a paper notebook with A4 or letter-sized pages.

  4. computingsometimes attributive

    A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.

Word Aura™

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This meaning: A book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda

Used this way, notebook is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Nearby words

  • notebook computer , a specialist term, precise but narrower

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More ways to use notebook

  • “She wrote down her ideas in a small notebook during the meeting.”noun

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