writing ink
- noun
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- He bought a set of colorful writing inks to use with his fountain pen.
Examples
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I spilled some writing ink on the table, and it left a permanent stain.
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The calligraphy artist chose a rich blue writing ink for her elegant letters.
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During a collaborative scribal project, we made the unfortunate discovery that not all writing inks are created equal.
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Synonyms
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A colored liquid used for writing, printing, or drawing
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4.0
A very black liquid used for writing and drawing that makes lines that do not fade
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A writing liquid that cannot be removed or washed away
A black liquid that you use with a pen or brush to make lines on paper
A liquid for writing names on clothes that does not wash out
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'ink used for writing' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'writing' (relating to producing text) with 'ink' (pigmented liquid). This straightforward noun-noun composition follows normal English compounding and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun writing ink comes from the simple scene of a writer dipping a pen into a small bottle of ink to make letters on paper. It was the kind of ink made just for writing with pens, so today writing ink means ink made for writing tools, often 'permanent' or 'washable'.