C1nounarts
US/ˈsketʃ.bʊk/
UK/ˈsketʃ.bʊk/
a book of blank pages used for drawing sketches
In context
She carries a small sketchbook everywhere to draw people on the train.
The museum displays a sketchbook that the painter filled during his travels.
I bought a new sketchbook and a set of soft pencils.
Words that go with sketchbook
verb + noun
- fill a sketchbookHe filled a sketchbook during the two-week trip.
- open a sketchbookShe opened her sketchbook and began to draw the bridge.
- carry a sketchbookMany artists carry a sketchbook at all times.
noun + noun
- pocket sketchbookA pocket sketchbook fits easily in a coat.
verb + preposition
- flick through a sketchbookHe flicked through his old sketchbook and smiled.
noun + preposition
- in a sketchbookThe first design appeared in a sketchbook in 1998.