logbook
Americannoun
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logbooks
plural
noun
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a book containing the official record of trips made by a ship or aircraft; log
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(formerly) a document listing the registration, manufacture, ownership and previous owners, etc, of a motor vehicle Compare registration document
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of logbook
1670–80; log 1 (in the sense “a detailed record of a voyage”) + book
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The result was something like a biological logbook, documenting the sequence of events that gave rise to different cell populations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
He urged buyers to verify the seller genuinely lived at the address on the V5C logbook, check every VIN including the chassis, and consider buying from reputable dealers instead.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025
On the desk is a monitor and small logbook for detainees to write their name, date of the call, location and time elapsed.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2024
The Times could not verify the authenticity of the logbook page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
The desk is bare except for a black phone, a fat, tattered logbook, and a pile of watches and handkerchiefs and necklaces crumpled down on one comer.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
It felt like the logbooks of an experiment gone wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The chief executive of NHS Tayside has personally apologised for the destruction of theatre logbooks, potentially related to disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel, but said she had no intention of resigning.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The logbooks used in the project come from 19 different ships, including battleships, aircraft carriers, destroyers, and cruisers, most of which played pivotal roles in World War II events.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
They would have to maintain separate logbooks for federal inspection.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
For Kamookak, a vital part of that search was comparing Inuit stories with the logbooks and journals written by the many explorers who had gone looking for Franklin.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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