inkstand

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small stand or tray made to hold an inkwell and writing implements; sometimes, the inkwell itself

   The Queen seized the inkstand from the table and threw it at the startled Lizard.

A compound of ink and stand. The word originally denoted the desk stand or tray that supported an inkwell and pens, then also came to denote the ink container itself.

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