sketchbook

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/ˈskɛt͡ʃˌbʊk/

noun

A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.

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Meanings

nounsketchbook (plural sketchbooks)

plural sketchbooks

  1. A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.

    Synonyms: visual diary

  2. A book of printed sketches.

    This compact sketchbook displays every style of blinds imaginable, from rollers to Romans and from London to Austrian blinds.

    2005, Wendy Baker, Compact Sketchbook of Blinds, →ISBN
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    Since writing the preface for my sketchbook, I have, of course, been involved in a number of more recent projects where I have sketched ideas for structural solutions.

    2012, Tony Hunt, Sir Norman Foster, Tony Hunt's Second Sketchbook, →ISBN, page iv

    This sketchbook provides an artist's impression in watercolours and drawings of the city's varied past, linked to the buildings and neighbourhoods still here today, as well as a glimpse of some of the beautifully conserved historic settlements on nearby islands.

    2013, Bahamas Sketchbook: Islands in the Sun, →ISBN, page 11
  3. datedA printed book of literary sketches or skits.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn

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sketch blocksketch pad
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Arabic دفتر رسم
  • دفتر رسم (daftar rasm)book or pad with blank pages for sketching
Bulgarian ски́цник
  • ски́цник (skícnik)book or pad with blank pages for sketching
Chinese Mandarin 素描本
  • 素描本 (sùmiáoběn)book or pad with blank pages for sketching
Czech skicák
  • skicákbook or pad with blank pages for sketching
Dutch schetsboek
  • schetsboekbook or pad with blank pages for sketching
Esperanto skizlibro
  • skizlibrobook or pad with blank pages for sketching
Finnish luonnoslehtiö, luonnoskirja
  • luonnoslehtiöbook or pad with blank pages for sketching
  • luonnoskirjabook or pad with blank pages for sketching
French carnet de croquis
  • carnet de croquisbook or pad with blank pages for sketching
German Skizzenbuch
  • Skizzenbuchbook or pad with blank pages for sketching
Hungarian vázlatfüzet
  • vázlatfüzetbook or pad with blank pages for sketching
Irish leabhar sceitseála
  • leabhar sceitseálabook or pad with blank pages for sketching
Norwegian Bokmål skisseblokk, skissebok
  • skisseblokkbook or pad with blank pages for sketching
  • skissebokbook or pad with blank pages for sketching
Polish szkicownik
  • szkicownikbook or pad with blank pages for sketching
Russian скетчбу́к, блокно́т
  • скетчбу́к (sketčbúk)book or pad with blank pages for sketching
  • блокно́т (bloknót)book or pad with blank pages for sketching
  • альбо́м (alʹbóm)book or pad with blank pages for sketching
Spanish cuaderno de bocetos
  • cuaderno de bocetosbook or pad with blank pages for sketching
Swedish skissbok
  • skissbokbook or pad with blank pages for sketching
Turkish eskiz defteri, taslak defteri
  • eskiz defteribook or pad with blank pages for sketching
  • taslak defteribook or pad with blank pages for sketching
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APA

sketchbook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sketchbook

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“sketchbook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sketchbook. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sketchbook,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sketchbook.

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