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inkpot

inkpot noun: a pot for holding ink, which was a necessary complement to pens without a built-in inkwell (such as a quill pen) (such pots were formerly ubiquitous but are now unusual except among people with artistic or historical interest in such pens).

Noun

inkpot (plural inkpots)

  1. A pot for holding ink, which was a necessary complement to pens without a built-in inkwell (such as a quill pen) (such pots were formerly ubiquitous but are now unusual except among people with artistic or historical interest in such pens).
    • Near-synonyms: inkwell, inkstand
    • I remember at school when unspillable inkpots came in and were said to be a brilliant new idea.2009, Hunter Davies, Walk Along the Wall, page 51
    Synonyms:
    inkwell, inkstand

inkpot meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Sanskrit

inkpot in Hindi

inkpot
मसिपात्र masipātra

inkpot in Marathi

inkpot, inkwell, inkstand
दौत daut

inkpot in Urdu

دوات

inkpot in Sanskrit

inkpot
मसिपात्र masipātra
More languagesFewer languages
inkpot in Assamese
মহী চুঙা mohi suṅa, দোৱাত düat, মৈলাম moilam

Synonyms of inkpot

Forms of inkpot

pluralinkpots
alternative formink-pot
alternative formink pot

Origin of inkpot

From ink + pot.

Questions about inkpot

What does inkpot mean?
Inkpot means a pot for holding ink, which was a necessary complement to pens without a built-in inkwell (such as a quill pen) (such pots were formerly ubiquitous but are now unusual except among people with artistic or historical interest in such pens).
What is inkpot in Hindi?
Inkpot in Hindi is मसिपात्र (masipātra). See Inkpot meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inkpot?
Inkpot is a noun.
What is the plural of inkpot?
The plural of inkpot is inkpots.

Words near inkpot in the dictionary

  1. inkosis
  2. inkpad
  3. inkpads
  4. Inkpen
  5. Inkpens
  6. inkpot
  7. inkpots
  8. inkprint
  9. inkprints
  10. inkproof
  11. inks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inkpot (page history and authors); मसिपात्र (Hindi) (page history and authors); दौत (Marathi) (page history and authors); inkpot (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मसिपात्र (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); দোৱাত (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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