drawing board

Definition of drawing board

1 : a board used as a base for drafting on paper

2 : a planning stage a project still on the drawing board

Examples of drawing board in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Back to drawing board Learn how to use the industry-standard graphic design program Adobe Illustrator at this all-day training from General Assembly. — Max Jungreis, BostonGlobe.com, "Weekend Agenda," 18 July 2019 Embraer brings engineering talent that Boeing could tap for the new midrange jet on its drawing board, dubbed the 797 by analysts. — Fabiola Moura, latimes.com, "Boeing takes control of Embraer's commercial jet business in $4.75-billion deal," 5 July 2018 Embraer brings engineering talent that Boeing could tap for the new midrange jet on its drawing board, dubbed the 797 by analysts. — Fortune, "Boeing and Embraer Are Forming a $4.75 Billion Commercial Jet Venture," 5 July 2018 The redesign of the U.S. 190 intersections has been on the DOTD drawing board for several years. — Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, "11 'super streets' to be built on North Shore's traffic-choked U.S. 190," 3 May 2018 Its population of 264,000 has increased over 6 percent since 2010, according to census data, with thousands of new apartments either under construction or on drawing boards. — John Surico, New York Times, "In Jersey City, Working to Stem the Rise in Traffic Deaths," 9 Apr. 2018 Take a little time off, get back to drawing board and make another run at it next year. — Maureen Mullen, USA TODAY, "Promising season ends with bitter taste for Boston Red Sox," 9 Oct. 2017 Surrounded by papers, drawing boards and PowerPoints, the group strategized ways to reverse a trend 15 years in the making: the decline of their own banking sector. — Sharon Nunn, WSJ, "As Black-Owned Banks Struggle, Community Sounds Alarm," 6 Aug. 2017

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The first known use of drawing board was in 1725

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