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inkstones

inkstones is the plural of inkstone.

Meaning of inkstone

Noun

inkstone (plural inkstones)

  1. A stone mortar used for grinding and holding ink in the East Asian art and calligraphy tradition.
    • He turns to the inkstone and picks up by the handles the two inkballs, rolling the leather facings together to freshen the ink. […] As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.2000, Richard L. Saunders, Printing in Deseret

Questions about inkstones

What is inkstones the plural of?
Inkstones is the plural of inkstone.

Words near inkstones in the dictionary

  1. inkstands
  2. Inkster
  3. inkstick
  4. inksticks
  5. inkstone
  6. inkstones
  7. inktober
  8. Inku
  9. inkweed
  10. inkwell
  11. inkwells

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