bound notebook

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A notebook whose pages are stitched or glued into a spine, so they cannot be removed without damage.

   Grammar: Countable: she bought a bound notebook.

   Patterns

   • write in a bound notebook
   • keep something in a bound notebook

   The scientist recorded every result in a bound notebook.

   She keeps a bound notebook by her bed for ideas.

   A bound notebook is useful when you need to prove when you wrote something.

2. 2nouncountabletechnical

   A lab or legal record book with numbered pages, used to keep an honest and tamper-proof account.

   Grammar: Specialist use, often for research: a numbered bound notebook.

   Patterns

   • a bound notebook for something

   Lab rules require a bound notebook with numbered pages.

   He logged each experiment in a bound notebook.

   The patent lawyer asked to see the inventor's bound notebook.

Word forms

Common combinations

hardcover bound notebook

I bought a hardcover bound notebook for my diary.

write in a bound notebook

She likes to write in a bound notebook.

lab bound notebook

The lab provides a bound notebook for each student.

lined bound notebook

He prefers a lined bound notebook.

leather bound notebook

A leather bound notebook was her gift.

Synonyms and how they differ

journal

Journal often means a diary or record, and may be bound or not, while bound notebook describes the construction.

composition book

Composition book is an American term for a stitched notebook with a marbled cover, a specific kind of bound notebook.

logbook

Logbook is a record book for events like trips or tests, and carries a formal purpose.

spiral notebook

Spiral notebook is almost the opposite, with a wire coil allowing pages to tear out.

Opposites

Word family

bind verb

to fasten together

binding noun

the cover and stitching that holds a book together

notebook noun

a book of blank pages for writing

bound adjective

fastened together

Commonly confused: bound notebook or bounded notebook?

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