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noun

a rectangular board on which paper is placed or mounted for drawing or drafting.

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Idioms about drawing board

back to the drawing board, back to the original or an earlier stage of planning or development: Our plan didn't work out, so it's back to the drawing board.

on the drawing board, in the planning or design stage: The shopping center is still on the drawing board.

Origin of drawing board

First recorded in 1715–25

Words nearby drawing board

draw gear, drawhole, draw in, drawing, drawing account, drawing board, drawing card, drawing chisel, drawing frame, drawing-in, drawing pin

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How to use drawing board in a sentence

If you’re not including social in your content plan, make sure to go back to the drawing board.
The key to more conversions is to stop disappointing your customers; Wednesday’s daily brief|Carolyn Lyden|August 18, 2021|Search Engine Land
Next-generation nuclear plants have been around for 30 or 40 years, at least on the drawing board, and only a few of them have actually ever been tried.
Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet (Ep. 346 Rebroadcast)|Stephen J. Dubner|July 29, 2021|Freakonomics
First, advocates questioned what was taking so long, then community members and experts flagged so many concerns with the draft ordinance that a City Council committee sent it back to the drawing board.
What’s Changed – and What Hasn’t – for Policing in San Diego|Sara Libby and Jesse Marx|July 22, 2021|Voice of San Diego
The City Council’s Public Safety & Land Use Committee agreed Thursday to send a plan to strengthen police oversight back to the drawing board.
Police Oversight Ordinance Will Get a Re-Do|Kelly Davis|June 25, 2021|Voice of San Diego

Some of these have already started to take shape, while others are still on the drawing board.
What’s bigger than a megacity? China’s planned city clusters|Ling Xin|April 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review
“Back to the drawing board and what a circus we will have to watch,” Stephens said.
Meet the Hollywood Power Couple Who Bet Big on the Midterms—and Lost|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But in seven months, the team took the Spire from the drawing board to a real-world test in Albany, New York.
Font of Invention||September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Designer royal baby items are on the (literal) drawing board, thanks to Karl Lagerfeld, Dior, Vera Wang, and more.
The Average American Bra Size Is Now 34 DD; Designers Sketch Regal Royal Baby Presents|The Fashion Beast Team|July 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“I really have to go back to the drawing board,” she admitted.
Why Serena Williams Lost—and How She Can Win Again|Nicholas McCarvel|July 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Whatever the case, the drawing board may not be a bad place for Serena to visit.
Why Serena Williams Lost—and How She Can Win Again|Nicholas McCarvel|July 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He was there, a few feet away; and while her soul was tossing on seas of woe he had been quietly sitting at his drawing-board.
Summer|Edith Wharton
The impatient sweeping aside of the drawing-board seemed to reveal a new mood.
Summer|Edith Wharton
As a youngster I had planned to study architecture, as I had developed some talent at the drawing board.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
Your dad was a wonderful draftsman, Peg, commented Cleo, with her newly trained eye tracing the intricacies of the drawing board.
The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong|Lillian Garis
When she had taken off her hat and laid it upon his drawing-board, he held her against him and caressed her hair.
Narcissus|Evelyn Scott

British Dictionary definitions for drawing board

drawing board

noun

a smooth flat rectangular board on which paper, canvas, etc, is placed for making drawings

back to the drawing board return to an earlier stage in an enterprise because a planned undertaking has failed

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