notebook computer

British  

noun

1. a portable computer smaller than a laptop model, often approximately the size of a sheet of A4 paper

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Example Sentences

The estimate was that it would take three days or so to back up my notebook computer — about 100 megabytes.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2017

Cook also laid out other product successes and launched a new MacBook notebook computer that starts at $1,299 and weighs as little as 2 pounds.

From Reuters • Mar. 9, 2015

Using a D.J.’s mixer and a borrowed notebook computer, Raz Mesinai swirled and distorted the sounds and the ambience into a ghostly conjuring of bells and voices.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2013

For all of the interesting things about the new MacBook Pro, it’s a straightforward notebook computer, based on a form factor that’s been around for thirty years.

From Time • Jun. 14, 2012

I use Eduardo’s spreadsheets on the notebook computer John bought him last Christmas.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Related Words

• laptop