scratch pad

noun

Synonyms of scratch padnext
: a pad of scratch paper

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Blue Jackets fans have had two choices over the past couple of weeks … twiddle their thumbs or get out a scratch pad and start doodling lines and pairs with an eye toward the start of the 2024-25 season. — Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 21 July 2024 To get to 90 percent utilization, IBM had to design the scratch pad with a huge read/write bandwidth, 192 gigabytes per second. — IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scratch pad was in 1895

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“Scratch pad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scratch%20pad. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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