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# inkstand

«inkstand» in Mova's school dictionary: **A stand or tray on a desk that holds pots of ink, pens…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an inkstand, inkstands)

### meaning for a pupil

A stand or tray on a desk that holds pots of ink, pens and sometimes sand or a pen-wiper, used in the days of dip pens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inkstand/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

History word from school desks and offices before ballpoint pens. In Alice in Wonderland, at the trial, the Queen throws an inkstand at Bill the Lizard; when ink trickles down his face he can use it to write with his finger. It tells the reader of an old-fashioned desk or office.

### examples

- The Queen threw an inkstand at the poor Lizard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inkstand/#x1)
- Grandpa's desk still has a brass inkstand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inkstand/#x2)
- Old school desks had a hole for the inkwell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inkstand/#x3)
- The clerk dipped his pen and put it back in the inkstand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inkstand/#x4)
- A silver inkstand stood on the king's desk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inkstand/#x5)
- In the museum we saw an inkstand with two glass pots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inkstand/#x6)
- "You have had very little experience," replied the inkstand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inkstand/#x7)

### note

Inkstand (the whole stand) is not quite the same as inkwell (the pot of ink set into a desk), but people often mix them. Plural: inkstands.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inkstand» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inkstand/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.