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Definition: Inkstand |
InkstandNoun1. A small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped. 2. A tray or stand for writing implements and containers for ink. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "inkstand" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | A stand with fittings for holding ink and pens. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: InkstandSynonym: inkwell (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Inkstand |
| English words defined with "inkstand": Fountain inkstand ♦ Inkhorn. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Table and inkstand used by the signers of the Declaration of the Anti-Slavery Convention. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Questers antique shop. Silver inkstand in hand. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There was a pen on the table, a leaden inkstand, and some paper in readiness for chance reports and the orders of the night patrol |
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| "Inkstand" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inkstand" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "inkstand": Fountain inkstand. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
inkstand pen | 4 |
inkstand victorian | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "inkstand"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | takëm shkrimi (pen and penholder), mbajtëse boje dhe penash. (various references) | |
Arabic | قلم ومحبرة. (various references) | |
Chinese | 墨水瓶架. (various references) | |
Czech | kalamář (ink bottle, ink pot, ink stand, inkwell, ink-well). (various references) | |
Danish | skrivetoej. (various references) | |
Dutch | schrijfnecessaire. (various references) | |
Farsi | مرکبدان (Inkwell), جای قلم ودوات , امه , دوات (Inkwell, Well). (various references) | |
Finnish | mustepullo (ink-bottle). (various references) | |
French | encrier de bureau, écritoire. (various references) | |
German | Tintenfaß, Schreibzeug. (various references) | |
Greek | δίσκος μελανοδοχείου. (various references) | |
Hungarian | tintatartó (ink-well). (various references) | |
Italian | servizio da scrittoio, calamaio (inkwell). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inkstanday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tinteiro (ink-bottle, ink-pot, ink-well). (various references) | |
Russian | чернильный прибор, чернильница (ink bottle, ink pot, ink-bottle, ink-pot, inkwell, ink-well). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pribor za pisanje (ink stand, pen and ink, stationery), mastionica (ink pot, ink stand, inkwell, ink-well). (various references) | |
Spanish | escribania (escritoire), escribanía (clerkship, writing desk). (various references) | |
Thai | แท่นหมึก. (various references) | |
Turkish | yazı takımı, hokkalık. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чорнильниця (ink bottle, ink pot, ink-well), чорнильний прибор. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cái giá để bút mực. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | atramentarium. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "inkstand": inkstands. (additional references) | |
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"Inkstand" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dinistan, Ekstrand, Ikatan, inkstained, inkstains, inkstone, instand, Nieswand. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-k-n-n-s-t" | |
-2 letters: takins. | |
-3 letters: adits, antis, dinks, dints, ditas, ikats, kadis, kains, kinas, kinds, knits, saint, satin, skint, staid, stain, stand, stank, stink, tains, takin, tanks, tsadi. | |
-4 letters: adit, aids, ains, aits, akin, ands, anis, anti, ants, dais, daks, dank, dink, dins, dint, disk, dita, dits, ikat, inks, inns, kadi, kain, kats, kids, kina, kind. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-k-n-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: inkstands. | |
+4 letters: undertakings. | |
+5 letters: kindergartens, stickhandling. | |
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