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NOTEBOOK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small compact portable computer
Synonyms:
notebook; notebook computer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("notebook" is a kind of...):
portable computer (a personal computer that can easily be carried by hand)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notebook"):
planner (a notebook for recording appointments and things to be done, etc.)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("notebook" is a kind of...):
book; volume (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notebook"):
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))
Context examples:
He replaced the notebook upon the table.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I find it recorded in my notebook that it was a bleak and windy day towards the end of March in the year 1892.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He scribbled a few words upon a leaf from his notebook.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The policeman snapped up his notebook.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Holmes read it and was about to place it in his notebook when he caught a glimpse of my expectant face.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Lestrade took out his official notebook and refreshed his memory from its pages.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There's not more than an hour of daylight left, but if you take your notebook you may be able to get some rough sketch of the place.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Out came the official notebook.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Now, sir, let us see the contents of that notebook.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Let me draw one last picture before I close the notebook—a picture which is the last memory of the old country which I bear away with me.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
