scratch pad

noun

Definition of scratch padnext
as in tablet

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Recent Examples of scratch pad 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 The desktop scratch pad has a laundry list of ideas to try in the coming months in my continuing effort to examine sports from different perspectives. — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 3 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratch pad
  1. tablet
  2. pad
  3. album
  4. notebook
  5. notepad
Noun
  • Plus is a great value tablet (now for only $65) with features like wireless charging and Alexa support.
    — Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Along with access to more than 59 countries, NordVPN also allows users to connect to multiple devices (from computers to phones to tablets) and offers 24-hour live chat support.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of tablet
Noun
  • The Future May Be Port-Free Just imagine: no USB-C connector at the base of the phone, with only charging through a charging pad as an option, and with data synced exclusively wirelessly.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • While there is no number pad, Selecting between cooking options is easy using the dial and display.
    — Meg St-Esprit, Bon Appétit, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of pad
Noun
  • Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).
    — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Music is Carti’s third album to hit the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 and bests the 100,000 first-week units earned from his first Number One album, Whole Lotta Red, which bowed on the chart in January 2021.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of album
Noun
  • Business leaders are encouraged to explore blockchain applications where data immutability is beneficial, such as digital signatures, FDA submissions, electronic lab notebooks (ELNs), electronic health records (EHRs) and supply chain processes involving digital information transfers.
    — Christopher Petersen, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Most of us travelling correspondents were youngish reporters from oldish outlets, wearing blue button-downs and carrying notebooks in the back pockets of our Bonobos.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of notebook
Noun
  • The free humorous care packages for those dealing with cancer include funny books, notepads with humorous sayings on them, sweet treats and socks.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
  • In a darkened room in the Warner Bros. studio in Hell’s Kitchen, Rodrigo Prieto sat on the edge of his chair, with a notepad in hand.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of notepad

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

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