WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
draw′ing board′,
- a rectangular board on which paper is placed or mounted for drawing or drafting.
- Idioms 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.
- Idioms on the drawing board, in the planning or design stage:The shopping center is still on the drawing board.
- 1715–25
'drawing board' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
T square
- T-square
- clamp
- drafting board
- drawing pin
- drawing table
- plane table
- thumbtack