scratchboard

[ skrach-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun
  1. a cardboard coated with impermeable white clay and covered by a layer of ink that is scratched or scraped in patterns revealing the white surface below.

Origin of scratchboard

1
First recorded in 1925–30; scratch + board

Words Nearby scratchboard

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