logbook
Americannoun
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
Etymology
Origin of logbook
1670–80; log 1 (in the sense “a detailed record of a voyage”) + book
Example Sentences
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In the platypus attendant's logbook, the interns found evidence that his rations en route were being decreased as some of the worms began to perish.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 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
At one well, where neighbors lamented the loss of a mango grove, a handwritten logbook listed the water runs of a crisis: 3:15 and 4:10 one morning; 12:58, 2:27 and 3:29 the next.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024
Russell still had his logbook and saw that while he didn’t mention anything about the UFO in the book, his flight was logged.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2023
“Too many gripers,” Ulbrickson scrawled in the logbook on February 29.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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