scrapbook

American  

[skrap-book] / ˈskræpˌbʊk /

noun

1. an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.

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scrapbook British  

/ ˈskræpˌbʊk /

noun

1. a book or album of blank pages in which to mount newspaper cuttings, pictures, etc

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Etymology

Origin of scrapbook

First recorded in 1815–25; scrap ¹ + book

Example Sentences

But some items Gee found during his research hints at a very active and connected architect, including the "John Parkinson Scrapbook".

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2018

Ms. Bernier’s “Matisse, Picasso, Miro — as I Knew Them” appeared in 1991, and her “Some of My Lives: A Scrapbook Memoir” was published in 2011 to coincide with her 95th birthday.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2016

When I visited, “A Scrapbook of British Jazz” was playing on a turntable; a vanilla candle burned on the desk.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 20, 2016

Custom-drawn UI There’s a definite visual theme — call it something like Nostalgic Scrapbook — throughout this work.

From Forbes • Jun. 6, 2011

The name of this thing is "Mark Twain's Self-Pasting Scrapbook."

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) by Paine, Albert Bigelow

Related Words

• collection