Definitions for drawing board
draw·ing board

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1. drafting board, drawing boardnoun

   a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings

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1. drawing boardnoun

   A plane wooden construction or table to which paper can be fastened for drawing purposes.

2. drawing boardnoun

   Used to refer to the planning stage of a project as in:

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1. Drawing board

   A drawing board (also drawing table, drafting table or architect's table) is, in its antique form, a kind of multipurpose desk which can be used for any kind of drawing, writing or impromptu sketching on a large sheet of paper or for reading a large format book or other oversized document or for drafting precise technical illustrations (such as engineering drawings or architectural drawings). The drawing table used to be a frequent companion to a pedestal desk in a study or private library, during the pre-industrial and early industrial era. During the Industrial Revolution, draftsmanship gradually became a specialized trade and drawing tables slowly moved out of the libraries and offices of most gentlemen. They became more utilitarian and were built of steel and plastic instead of fine woods and brass. More recently, engineers and draftsmen use the drawing board for making and modifying drawings on paper with ink or pencil. Different drawing instruments (set square, protractor, etc.) are used on it to draw parallel, perpendicular or oblique lines. There are instruments for drawing circles, arcs, other curves and symbols too (compass, French curve, stencil, etc.). However, with the gradual introduction of computer aided drafting and design (CADD or CAD) in the last decades of the 20th century and the first of the 21st century, the drawing board is becoming less common. A drawing table is also sometimes called a mechanical desk because, for several centuries, most mechanical desks were drawing tables. Unlike the gadgety mechanical desks of the second part of the 18th century, however, the mechanical parts of drawing tables were usually limited to notches, ratchets, and perhaps a few simple gears, or levers or cogs to elevate and incline the working surface. Very often a drawing table could look like a writing table or even a pedestal desk when the working surface was set at the horizontal and the height adjusted to 29 inches, in order to use it as a "normal" desk. The only giveaway was usually a lip on one of the sides of the desktop. This lip or edge stopped paper or books from sliding when the surface was given an angle. It was also sometimes used to hold writing implements. When the working surface was extended at its full height, a drawing table could be used as a standing desk. Many reproductions have been made and are still being produced of drawing tables, copying the period styles they were originally made in during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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1. drawing board

   A drawing board, also referred to as a drafting table, is a multi-purpose desk used by architects, engineers, artists, and students for writing, drawing, painting, or reading large documents like blueprints. It commonly has adjustable working surface or a parallel straightedge which allows to keep the drafting pen, pencil or brush stroke parallel. This board can be elevated at different angles to provide a comfortable working position. The material used is generally smooth, flat and non-reflective.

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1. Drawing board

   A drawing board is, in its antique form, a kind of multipurpose desk which can be used for any kind of drawing, writing or impromptu sketching on a large sheet of paper or for reading a large format book or other oversized document or for drafting precise technical illustrations. The drawing table used to be a frequent companion to a pedestal desk in a gentleman's study or private library, during the preindustrial and early industrial era. During the Industrial Revolution draftsmanship gradually became a specialized trade and drawing tables slowly moved out of the libraries and offices of most gentlemen. They became more utilitarian and were built of steel and plastic instead of fine woods and brass. More recently engineers and draftsmen use the drawing board for making and modifying drawings on paper with ink or pencil. Different drawing instruments are used on it to draw parallel, perpendicular or oblique lines. There are instruments for drawing circles, arcs, other curves and symbols too. However, with the gradual introduction of computer aided drafting and design in the last decades of the 20th century and the first of the 21st century, the drawing board is becoming less common.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of drawing board in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of drawing board in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of drawing board in a Sentence

1. Heather White:

   The announcement from Kraft should be a wake-up call for other food manufacturers to take notice, go back to the drawing board, reformulate and get rid of these synthetic ingredients of concern, especially in food that is marketed to children.

2. Ian Poulter:

   I'm not disappointed how I played because I thought I played good but I'm disappointed I didn't hole my fair share of putts, it's back to the drawing board now, I've got to try to visually see my lines.

3. Chief Executive George Scangos:

   There was no effect at all, we've gone back to the drawing board.

4. Liow Tiong Lai:

   By the end of May, if we still can't find the plane, then we will have to go back to the drawing board, we rely on the expert group ... to come up with the plan. I am cautiously optimistic it should be in this area.

5. Damian Lillard:

   We didn’t do what was necessary to win the series, we’ve got to keep fighting, keep working and keep coming back to battle. Regardless of how it ended, we are always going to have our heads held high, have class. They won, congratulations to them, but it’s back to the drawing board to us.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=drawing board
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Drawing_Board
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing_Board
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=drawing board