SKETCHBOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sketchbook mean? 

• SKETCHBOOK (noun)
  The noun SKETCHBOOK has 1 sense:

1. a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn

  Familiarity information: SKETCHBOOK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKETCHBOOK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

sketch block; sketch pad; sketchbook

Hypernyms ("sketchbook" is a kind of...):

book; volume (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together)

 Context examples 

"Then I'll go with pleasure." and he put out his hand for her sketchbook.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It is good practice for me, and with my sketchbook will give you a better idea of my tour than these scribbles.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Amy shook her head and opened her sketchbook with an air of resignation, but she had made up her mind to lecture 'that boy' and in a minute she began again.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)