drawing board
noun
a rectangular board on which paper is placed or mounted for drawing or drafting.
drawing boards
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pluralof drawing board.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The U.S. men’s program has been back to the drawing board so many times the drawing board manufacturer told them they should probably start making their own drawing boards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Walled in by stacks of books, papers and drawing boards, he orders his days as he sees fit.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2025
I saw all these little windows where the assistant art directors sat, and all the drawing boards were gone.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
The rules sent coaches to their drawing boards to figure out how to play what is essentially a new game.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2020
There are a dozen of us in the room, with our hopeful, almost-new Bristol drawing boards and our black- tipped fingers; two older women, pight young men, another girl my own age, and me.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
