Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scratch_pad

1 sense of scratch pad

Sense 1
scratch pad, scratch paper, scribbling block -- (pad for preliminary or hasty writing or notes or sketches etc; "scribbling block" is a British term)
       => notepad -- (a pad of paper for keeping notes)


1 sense of scratchpad

Sense 1
scratchpad -- ((computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information)
       => memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board -- (an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached")