drawing board
5
3.1
- noun
:
tablero de dibujo
So you're in you design a perfect form in today, in a computer, in the past, on the drawing board.
- So you're in you design a perfect form in today, in a computer, in the past, on the drawing board.
Examples
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I saw him bending over his drawing board, never looking up no matter what.
Fiction book (2001) -
Martin went and stood next to her in front of the drawing board and looked at the page still pinned there.
Fiction book (1993) -
Spacious, partitioned cubicles, where several architects worked at their drawing boards, ran down the center of the long, high-ceilinged room.
Fiction book (1990) -
Catherine Stratton sat back and studied the illustration on her drawing board, her head held to one side, her eyes narrowed slightly as she assessed her work.
Fiction book (1996) -
The architect laid the blueprints on the drawing board to finalize the design.
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After sketching some ideas, she placed them on the drawing board for others to see.
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The artist always begins her work by setting up her materials on the drawing board.
Synonyms
1
4.2
A large table with an adjustable top that you use for drawing plans
1
3.6
A table with a surface that can be tilted for drawing
A smooth flat board that people use for drawing building plans
How Complex
- Specialized
1
4.2
1
3.6
20
3.3
5
3.1
33
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a 'drawing board' is simply a board used for making drawings, which a learner who knows 'drawing' and 'board' can infer. This is a literal, non-idiomatic construction following common noun + noun compounding patterns found across languages, so it should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The noun drawing board comes from a simple tool artists and architects used: a flat board where you fix paper to make a drawing. So it means 'a smooth, flat board for making drawings or plans'.