Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 23 compound words that contain sketch. The most common are listed below. Open sketch in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- Etch A SketchA mechanical drawing toy operated by two knobs moving an enclosed stylus horizontally and vertically.
- composite sketchSynonym of identikit: A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
- police sketchSynonym of identikit: A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
- sketch bookAlternative form of sketchbook: A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.
- word sketchAn automatically generated, corpus-derived summary of a word's grammatical and collocational behaviour.
- sketch outTo creep out; to give a creepy or sketchy feeling to someone.
- sketch booksplural of sketch book: A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.
- sketch pada book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketchbook
- sketch padsplural of sketch pad: a book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketchbook
- thumb-sketchA crude representation, as if drawn with the thumb
Compound words 23
- sketchyRoughly or hastily laid out; intended for later refinement.
- sketchbookA book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.
- biosketchA short piece of writing that summarizes an individual's experience and qualifications.
- resketchTo sketch again.
- sketchabilityThe quality of being sketchable.
- sketchableCapable of being sketched.
- sketchistA writer of sketches.
- sketchmasterAn instrument for transferring photographic data onto a map (as in photogeology), operating on the camera lucida principle.
- sketchwriterA writer of sketches.
- foresketchA first or tentative sketch; a study.