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inkstains

inkstains is the plural of inkstain.

Meaning of inkstain

Noun

inkstain (plural inkstains)

  1. A spot or area that has been discoloured by absorbing ink.
    • He was shabby and careless, with inkstains on the sleeves of his jacket, and his cravat was large and billowy, under a chin shaped like the toe of an old boot.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 200

Questions about inkstains

What is inkstains the plural of?
Inkstains is the plural of inkstain.

Words near inkstains in the dictionary

  1. inkslinging
  2. inkspot
  3. inkspots
  4. inkstain
  5. inkstained
  6. inkstains
  7. inkstand
  8. inkstandish
  9. inkstandishes
  10. inkstands
  11. Inkster

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