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Meanings of
inkstand
in English
Portuguese
tinteiro
Spanish
escribanía
Catalan
escrivania
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Stand or tray used to house writing instruments.
standish
inkwell
inkstands
inkstandish
Portuguese
tinteiro
Usage of
inkstand
in English
1
Mr. Spragg pressed the nib of his pen against the dust-coated
inkstand
.
2
Use an
inkstand
with broad base as being less liable to upset.
3
Here is an
inkstand
,
here are pens and paper, here are wafers.
4
If I could only shy the
inkstand
at the English teacher's head!
5
She lingered in the room with the
inkstand
in her hand.
6
I reached a pen which stood in the
inkstand
dish at the bed-side.
7
Rebecca sat with her face hidden: Caroline dipped her pen in the
inkstand
.
8
He looked at the point of it and at the
inkstand
.
9
The princess told her to fetch an
inkstand
,
paper and a brass pen.
10
The design of the
inkstand
was one of great beauty and good workmanship.
11
The
inkstand
,
the paper-weight, the envelope case on his writing-table were all handsome.
12
M. Charnot remains faithful to his post beneath the right-hand
inkstand
.
13
On the table stood a travelling-escritoire, open, with pens and
inkstand
.
14
I found there sheets of paper, an
inkstand
,
and pens all ready prepared.
15
He would be incautious in dipping his pen into his
inkstand
.
16
Mrs. Powell, you are dipping your sleeve in your uncle's
inkstand
.
Other examples for "inkstand"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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inkstand
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
big inkstand
put the inkstand
silver inkstand
heavy inkstand
inkstand top
More collocations
Translations for
inkstand
Portuguese
tinteiro
Spanish
escribanía
escribania
Catalan
escrivania
tinter
Inkstand
through the time
Inkstand
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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