sketchbook

noun

sketch·​book ˈskech-ˌbu̇k 

: a book of or for sketches

Examples of sketchbook in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are sketchbooks still to fill, assemblages missing one last red bottle, and a studio full of objects that have yet to be turned from one thing into another. — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Its monumental screen is constructed from 365 physical sketchbooks documenting 25 years of the artist’s process; at the film’s end, visitors are invited to take a page home, gradually dismantling the installation itself. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026

Marin Arizzi, of Valparaiso, helped the kids assemble the sketchbooks. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

The result is something closer to an artist's sketchbook than a conventional travel compendium. — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sketchbook

• betook
• casebook
• chapbook
• checkbook
• chinook
• codebook
• cookbook
• fishhook
• forsook
• guidebook
• handbook
• logbook

Kids Definition

sketchbook

noun

sketch·​book ˈskech-ˌbu̇k 

: a book of or for sketches