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Definition of "sketchpad" []

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sketchpad" in a sentence
  • "For this super-simple project, I got three of Pearl's many, many crayon drawings out of her sketchpad, which is cardstock-weight paper (but you could use any drawings you have, on any paper that's handy)."
  • "I try to treat the web as a "sketchpad" and place to practice my creativity, since I would imagine that's what readers are really wanting from me, whether new to my work or old fans."
  • "Jumping into that online fray this week has been The Washington Post's own Tom Toles -- who is blogging about his cartoons and offering a "sketchpad" that's a sneak-peek at his process."