scrapbook

[skrap-boo k]

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noun

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

Origin of scrapbook

First recorded in 1815–25; scrap¹ + book

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Related Words for scrapbook

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

British Dictionary definitions for scrapbook

scrapbook

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for scrapbook

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