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scratch·board (skrac̸hbôrd′)

noun

glossy, chalk-covered cardboard on which, after coating with ink, line drawings can be made by scratching through the ink to the white surface

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Modifies a noun

  • : Scott created these drawings in scratchboard ­ an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories.
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