inkstand

[ ingk-stand ]

noun

1. a small stand, usually on a desk, for holding ink, pens, etc.
2. a small container for ink.

inkstand

/ ˈɪŋkˌstænd /

noun

1. a stand or tray on which are kept writing implements and containers for ink

Word History and Origins

Origin of inkstand¹

First recorded in 1765–75; ink + stand

Example Sentences

Dropping the lid of the inkstand in a way to make the young man smile, he looked up.

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Commissary's inkstand was a coffee-cup without an handle, and his book of entries a quire of dirty writing-paper.

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And, still master of myself, I left him arranging papers and feeling in his inkstand for a pen.

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A wholesale miller, the greatest swell in the province, had even presented her with a gold inkstand!

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The pen-tray, which should be beside the inkstand, she hides away cleverly among the books on my reading-desk.

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