drawing board

 

noun

  • a large flat board on which paper may be spread for artists or designers to work on.

Phrases

back to the drawing board

used to indicate that an idea, scheme, or proposal has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised: the government must go back to the drawing board and review the whole issue of youth training

on the drawing board

(of an idea, scheme, or proposal) under consideration and not yet ready to put into practice: there are plans to enlarge the runway, but at present all this remains on the drawing board