sketchpad
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈskɛtʃpæd/
:
bloc de dibujo
- Only later did we learn that on all those dewy early mornings we'd seen her around town, sitting on benches with her sketchpad before the heat made everything senseless, she was just staring out at nothing and waiting for life to turn for her.
Examples
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George Paxton took up the sketchpad, gazing about him.
Fiction book (1998) -
When he has taken his photographs, he sets up his easel, places his sketchpad on it, and begins to draw.
Fiction book (2002) -
I used to sit in my room with my sketchpad... whether it was at home or here... and within a few seconds, I would be somewhere else.
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After finding the old sketchpad in his father's basement, he had come home and converted the guest bedroom into a studio.
Fiction book (2001) -
She had a sketchpad in her lap, and her eyes were on her work.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the moonlight, he opened the sketchpad and studied the pencil drawings within.
Fiction book (1998) -
I picked up a large sketchpad from my bookshelf and began to charcoal something I had seen only in a movie: the Empire State Building.
Fiction book (1994) -
He'd found an old sketchpad of his in the basement and was thumbing through its pages.
Fiction book (2001) -
Selina gathered her skirts and stood, holding her sketchpad and pencil.
Fiction book (1998) -
He opened his sketchpad and began to draw the beautiful landscape in front of him.
Synonyms
187
1.0
A book of blank or lined pages for writing notes
88
1.0
A stack of paper sheets fastened at one edge for writing
50
1.8
A flat pad of paper used for writing or drawing
18
1.0
A small pad of blank or lined paper for writing notes
13
2.1
A book with blank pages for making quick drawings
5
1.0
A set of paper sheets joined at one edge for writing or drawing
3
2.7
A book of blank paper for drawing or making quick pictures
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2.3
A small pad of blank paper for quick notes and sketches
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1.1
A pad of paper for making notes or short messages
A book of blank paper for drawing quick pictures
A small book used for writing or drawing
A small notebook for writing quick notes or doing math
A pad of paper for quick notes and sketches
How Big
- Specialized
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8.6
1
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sketchpad joins two simple parts: sketch ('quick, rough drawing') and pad ('a small stack of paper'). So a sketchpad is a book or pad of blank paper made for drawing quick ideas.