dry sink

noun

1. a wooden kitchen sink, especially of the 19th century, not connected to an external water supply, with a shallow zinc- or tin-lined well on top in which a dishpan can be placed, and usually a cupboard below.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dry sink¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

The expandable tabletop slides back and forth to reveal and cover a dry sink.

From Popular-Science

In time it became a salt lake, a marsh, and then a dry sink.

From Project Gutenberg