sketchpad

[ skech-pad ]

noun

1. sketchbook ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of sketchpad¹

First recorded in 1890–95; sketch ( def ) + pad ¹( def )

Example Sentences

Armed with a Uniball pen and a Strathmore sketchpad, Mr. Polan chronicled the life of the city with an observational hunger that earned him the status of a doodling New York folk hero.

From New York Times

He proceeded to share a theory on just about every subject that came up in our conversation, most of which revolved around his interests: metaphysics, research conducted on the first six minutes of death, and ellipses, a diagram of which he drew in the art sketchpad I had brought to kill time in case he was late.

From Los Angeles Times

In ink and watercolor, Lundbye portrays an artist drawing the coastal landscape outdoors, as he leans back against a funerary dolmen with sketchpad in hand.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s also a sketchpad: open, and blank: “We wanted it to look as if he was about to sketch.”

From Seattle Times

It has been six decades since Ivan Sutherland created Sketchpad, a software system that foretold the future of interactive and graphical computing.

From New York Times