sketchbook

noun

sketch·​book ˈskech-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce sketchbook (audio)
: a book of or for sketches

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But for years now, groups of amateurs have been gathering with sketchbooks in cities across the world to turn their artistic gaze to the everyday sights of skyscrapers and sidewalks — and find beauty there. Deena Prichep, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026 Treat your nails like your sketchbook with this simple yet detailed design. Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026 The drawings that filled Yorke and Donwood’s sketchbooks became some of the band’s most iconic insignia, tattooed on arms and scribbled on three-ring binders. Zoe Si, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025 Looking through sketchbooks of Kaish’s time at MacDowell, Fisher found many drawings of the flowers and birch trees that would have surrounded her. Grace Edquist, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sketchbook

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First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sketchbook was in 1820

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“Sketchbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sketchbook. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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sketchbook

noun
sketch·​book ˈskech-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce sketchbook (audio)
: a book of or for sketches

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