scrapbook
noun (a scrapbook, scrapbooks); verb (scrapbook, scrapbooks, scrapbooked — informal)
Everyday
- A book with blank pages where you stick pictures, tickets, photos, cuttings and notes to remember things. tree →
- Verb: to make scrapbooks as a hobby. tree →
In the lessons
In school projects a scrapbook collects pictures and facts on a topic. In everyday life families keep holiday scrapbooks. In stories an old scrapbook found in an attic often holds clues and memories.
Examples
- I stuck the concert ticket in my scrapbook. tree →
- Our class made a scrapbook about the rainforest. tree →
- Grandma showed us her old scrapbook. tree →
- The scrapbook had 40 pages, and I filled 25, so 15 are left. tree →
- She scrapbooks every holiday. tree →
- We found clues in a dusty scrapbook in the attic. tree →
Note
One word: scrap + book. «Scrap» means a small piece. Plural: scrapbooks.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «scrapbook» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «scrapbook» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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