"sketchbook" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sketchbooks [plural]
Etymology: sketch + book Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sketch|book}} sketch + book Head templates: {{en-noun}} sketchbook (plural sketchbooks)
  1. A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad. Categories (topical): Art, Books Synonyms (book for sketching): visual diary Translations (book or pad with blank pages for sketching): دفتر رسم (daftar rasm) [masculine] (Arabic), էսքիզների տետր (ēskʻizneri tetr) (Armenian), նկարչական ալբոմ (nkarčʻakan albom) (Armenian), альбо́м (alʹbóm) [masculine] (Belarusian), блакно́т (blaknót) [masculine] (Belarusian), скетчбу́к (skjetčbúk) [masculine] (Belarusian), ски́цник (skícnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 素描本 (sùmiáoběn) (Chinese Mandarin), skicák [masculine] (Czech), schetsboek [neuter] (Dutch), skizlibro (Esperanto), luonnoslehtiö (english: pad) (Finnish), luonnoskirja (english: book) (Finnish), carnet de croquis [masculine] (French), Skizzenbuch [neuter] (German), vázlatfüzet (Hungarian), leabhar sceitseála [masculine] (Irish), skisseblokk [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skissebok [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), szkicownik [masculine] (Polish), скетчбу́к (sketčbúk) [masculine] (Russian), блокно́т (bloknót) [masculine] (Russian), альбо́м (alʹbóm) [masculine] (Russian), skissbok [common-gender] (Swedish), eskiz defteri (Turkish), taslak defteri (Turkish), skätabuk (Volapük), skätamabuk (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-sketchbook-en-noun-T9eDNFcc Disambiguation of Art: 78 0 22 Disambiguation of Books: 63 13 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 4 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 66 6 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 8 27 Disambiguation of 'book for sketching': 58 23 18 Disambiguation of 'book or pad with blank pages for sketching': 90 4 6
  2. A book of printed sketches.
    Sense id: en-sketchbook-en-noun-kntq-KXb
  3. (dated) A printed book of literary sketches or skits. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-sketchbook-en-noun-hOxWmgsU

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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "book or pad with blank pages for sketching",
      "word": "taslak defteri"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "book or pad with blank pages for sketching",
      "word": "skätabuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "book or pad with blank pages for sketching",
      "word": "skätamabuk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sketchbook"
}

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