sketchbook
English
Etymology
sketch + book
Noun
sketchbook (plural sketchbooks)
- A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.
- A book of printed sketches.
- 2005, Wendy Baker, Compact Sketchbook of Blinds, →ISBN:
- This compact sketchbook displays every style of blinds imaginable, from rollers to Romans and from London to Austrian blinds.
- 2012, Tony Hunt, Sir Norman Foster, Tony Hunt's Second Sketchbook, →ISBN, page iv:
- Since writing the preface for my sketchbook, I have, of course, been involved in a number of more recent projects where I have sketched ideas for structural solutions.
- 2013, Bahamas Sketchbook: Islands in the Sun, →ISBN, page 11:
- This sketchbook provides an artist's impression in watercolours and drawings of the city's varied past, linked to the buildings and neighbourhoods still here today, as well as a glimpse of some of the beautifully conserved historic settlements on nearby islands.
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- (dated) A printed book of literary sketches or skits.
Synonyms
- (book for sketching): visual diary
Translations
book or pad with blank pages for sketching
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