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Definitions: Washstand |
WashstandNoun1. Furniture consisting of a table or stand to hold a basin and pitcher of water for washing: `wash-hand stand' is a British term. 2. A bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "washstand" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1856. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Transportation | A place (as in a garage) having water and drainage facilities for the washing of vehicles. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: WashstandSynonyms: basin (n), lavatory (n), washbasin (n), washbowl (n), wash-hand stand (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: washrack (transportation). |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Washstand in corner of kitchen of Edgar Allen's home on farm near Milford, Iowa. Contrast this with washstand picture of Harry Madsen farm, tenant house.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Washstand" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Washstand" is used about 13 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% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Beginning with "washstand": washstand-basin. | |
| 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 |
washstand | 14 |
antique washstand | 5 |
bath washstand | 4 |
pine washstand | 3 |
mission washstand | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "washstand"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | muslluk, lavaman (basin, lavatory, sink, washbasin, wash-hand, washing-stand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | umývadlo (washbasin, wash-basin, washbowl, wash-bowl, washing-stand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | دستشوءی (Basin, Lavatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νιπτήρ (lavatory, washbowl, washroom), πλυντήριο (laundry, washing machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mosdóállvány. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 流し台 (sink), 流し い (sink), 洗面台 (washbasin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ながし い (sink), せ"め" い (washbasin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ashstandway lavatório (lavatory, rest room, retiring room, sink, washbasin, washing-stand, washroom). (various references) toaletã (can, closet, dress, dressing, John, lavatory, outhouse, plumbing, powder room, privy, rest room, retiring room, toilet, w.c., washing), spãlãtor (lavatory, mop, washerman), lavoar (basin), lavabou (lavatory, wash-stand). (various references) умывальник (washbasin, washbowl, washing-stand, wash-stand). (various references) umivaonik (lavatory, piscina, wash-basin, washing-stand, wash-stand). (various references) tvättställ (washbasin), kommod (commode). (various references) lavabo (sink, washand basin, washbasin, washbowl, washing-stand, wash-stand), el yüz yıkama leğeni. (various references) умивальник. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "washstand": washstands. (additional references) | |
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"Washstand" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: weshtam, Whassat. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-h-n-s-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: handsaws. | |
-2 letters: handsaw. | |
-3 letters: hansas, snaths, stands, swaths. | |
-4 letters: antas, awash, dawns, dawts, hadst, hands, hansa, hants, nadas, sands, shads, shawn, shaws, snash, snath, snaws, stand, stash, swans, swash, swath, swats, thaws, wands, wants, wasts, whats. | |
-5 letters: aahs, anas, ands, ansa, anta, ants, awns, dahs, dash, data, dawn, daws, dawt, hand, hant, hast, hats, haws. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-h-n-s-s-t-w" | |
+1 letter: washstands. | |
+5 letters: northeastwards. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 61 73 68 73 74 61 6E 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- ... .... ... - .- -. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01100001 01110011 01101000 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101110 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W a s h s t a n d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0061 0073 0068 0073 0074 0061 006E 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)576785748586678070 |
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