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scrapbook

[ skrap-boo k ]
/ ˈskræpˌbʊk /
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noun

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

RELATED WORDS

collection, album, log, ledger, record, notebook, diary, logbook, index, anthology, register, miscellany, depository, portfolio, memento, registry, datebook

Nearby words

scranton, scrap, scrap heap, scrap iron, scrap-heap, scrapbook, scrape, scrape in, scrape through, scrape together, scrape up an acquaintance

Origin of scrapbook

First recorded in 1815–25; scrap1 + book
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British Dictionary definitions for scrapbook

scrapbook

/ (ˈskræpˌbʊk) /

noun

a book or album of blank pages in which to mount newspaper cuttings, pictures, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for scrapbook

scrapbook

n.

also scrap-book, 1821, from scrap (n.1) + book (n.). As a verb, by 1879. Related: Scrapbooked; scrapbooking.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper