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inkstands

inkstands is the plural of inkstand.

Meaning of inkstand

Noun

inkstand (plural inkstands)

  1. A small tray containing pens and an inkwell; (by extension) a pot for holding ink, inkpot, inkwell.
    • […] if I thought any thing I might hereafter write would be within their reach, I would throw the Manuscript that is now before me into the fire, and never dip my pen into my Ink-stand again […]1765, Laurence Sterne, letter published in Original Letters of the Late Reverend Mr. Laurence Sterne, never before published, London: 1788, pp. 89-90

Questions about inkstands

What is inkstands the plural of?
Inkstands is the plural of inkstand.

Words near inkstands in the dictionary

  1. inkstained
  2. inkstains
  3. inkstand
  4. inkstandish
  5. inkstandishes
  6. inkstands
  7. Inkster
  8. inkstick
  9. inksticks
  10. inkstone
  11. inkstones

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