Can iMac be used as a monitor for a Mac Book

My old boss used a white iMac, but my new boss got a MacBook because she works out of the office quite a bit. 
But of course the MacBook has a much smaller display.
Is there anyway to connect that big white monitor to her MacBook?

Maybe someone else has a definitive answer, but as far as I know the white iMacs did not have that capability - only the newer models do. You might want to look up the specs on the white iMac on the Apple support pages and that should tell you what ports it had.

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