inkstand

[ ingk-stand ]

/ ˈɪŋkˌstænd /

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noun

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

a small container for ink.

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Origin of inkstand

First recorded in 1765–75; ink + stand

Words nearby inkstand

ink-jet printing, inkle, inkle loom, inkling, ink sac, inkstand, Inkster, inkstone, ink up, inkwell, inkwood

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How to use inkstand in a sentence

Dropping the lid of the inkstand in a way to make the young man smile, he looked up.
The Circular Study|Anna Katharine Green
Commissary's inkstand was a coffee-cup without an handle, and his book of entries a quire of dirty writing-paper.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
And, still master of myself, I left him arranging papers and feeling in his inkstand for a pen.
In Accordance with the Evidence|Oliver Onions
A wholesale miller, the greatest swell in the province, had even presented her with a gold inkstand!
Dream Tales and Prose Poems|Ivan Turgenev

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

inkstand

/ (ˈɪŋkˌstænd) /

noun

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

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