noun / verb (gerund) · neutral
scrapbooking
/ˈskræpˌbʊkɪŋ/SCRAP·book·ing
Making decorated photo albums by arranging photos, captions and memorabilia on pages.
Examples
“She spends an afternoon scrapbooking each month to preserve family memories.”
“Scrapbooking combines photography with creative design.”
“They joined a scrapbooking workshop at the community centre.”
Band 8 sentence
“I prefer scrapbooking to merely storing images on my phone because it forces me to reflect on memories as I arrange them.”
Collocations
- scrapbooking supplies
- scrapbooking workshop
Word family
Common mistakes
I like make scrapbook with my photos.→I like making scrapbooks with my photos. / I like scrapbooking with my photos.
She do scrapbooking every weekend.→She does scrapbooking every weekend.
Say it for a higher band
5keeping photos→6making albums→7+scrapbooking
Synonyms
decorative photo album
Easily confused
photo album
“I keep all my holiday pictures in a photo album, but I also make scrapbooks for special trips.”
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