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scrapbook

scrapbook

47 2.1
A book where you keep photos, ticket stubs, and other items that remind you of events
  • noun
  • /ˈskræpˌbʊk/
translation icon : álbum de recortes
  • I created a scrapbook filled with ticket stubs and photographs from our vacation.
  • create a scrapbook
  • make a scrapbook
  • scrapbook of photos

And I'm going to make a whole page of my scrapbook for my vaccine card.

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Examples

  • Your father has a little scrapbook he keeps for each of you.

  • My wife made this scrapbook.

  • I had created a scrapbook for young Thomas a while back.

  • So the title of my third book is called The Scrapbook of My Life.

  • Why do you have that scrapbook?

  • My cousin made like a scrapbook for me and it was very sentimental.

  • This woman found a note in her scrapbook signed by Moore that says, happy graduation, Debbie.

  • As it turns out, my grandmother's scrapbook keeping was fairly typical of her time, age, and class.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Take a break to browse scrapbooks, letters, photo albums, or other mementos of your past.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Collection contains seven scrapbooks related to the Massengale family and the Massengale Advertising Agency.

    Academic text (2010)

Synonyms

album
vsscrapbook
124 1.9

A book with blank pages and pockets for keeping photographs or stamps

focuses more on creative display and preserving clippings and memorabilia
photograph album
vsscrapbook
1 1.8

A book with pages for keeping and showing photos

stores pictures and other items with creative arranging and preservation

How Decorative

scrapbook
47 2.1
album
124 1.9

Surface Forms

scrapbook singular
scrapbooks plural

Morphology

scrapbook = scrap + book (transparent) = scrap + book

The meaning is a straightforward compound of 'scrap' (pieces of paper/memorabilia) + 'book' (album), which B1 learners can readily infer.

Etymology

The word scrapbook comes from scrap ('a small piece or leftover') and book ('a set of pages'), like a 'scrap of paper' you might keep. So a scrapbook is literally a book for saving little pieces like photos, ticket stubs, and clippings as memories.