Meanings
nounartboard (plural artboards)
plural artboards
- computingAn on-screen design surface in a drawing application.
The following sections describe how each of these transforms can be used to make changes to objects on the artboard.
2009, Jeff Paries, Foundation Silverlight 3 Animation, page 361 more example
In this section, you'll learn how to create multiple artboards, edit them, and print files that contain multiple artboards.
2009, Sue Jenkins, How to Do Everything Adobe Illustrator, page 27
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
- Proto-Italic*artis
- Latinars
- Latinartem
- Old Frenchart
- Middle Englishart
- Englishart
- Proto-Germanic*burdą
- Proto-West Germanic*bord
- Old Englishbord
- Middle Englishbord
- Englishboard
- Englishartboard
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artboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artboard
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“artboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artboard. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “artboard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artboard.
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