inkwell
7
8.4
- noun
- /ˈɪŋkwɛl/
- Archaic
:
tintero
- Kedrigem rushed into the cottage, emerging moments later with a pen, an inkwell, and a sheet of parchment.
- pen in the inkwell
Examples
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Blotting the tears from her eyes with one hand, she dipped the pen in the inkwell with the other and carefully wrote out the instructions for the next day's lesson, deliberately not addressing it to anyone and leaving it unsigned.
Fiction book (1994) -
Balaji took his fountain pen to the inkwell and filled it with blue ink.
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I'm gonna need a new inkwell in my room.
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We'll need the inkwell, the quill and the contracts.
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"I make sure there's always fresh ink in the inkwell, too, in case you ever want to write something."
Fiction book (1994) -
Lucivia dipped her pen into the inkwell and bent her head over the account book.
Fiction book (1993) -
Fifteen minutes had passed since he last dipped his quill into the inkwell!
Fiction book (1992) -
Quickly dipping the nib of his pen into the inkwell that rested against the railing, he wrote and wrote and wrote...
Fiction book (1994) -
Lucivia dipped her pen into the inkwell and bent her head over the account book.
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Lord Carlyle snatched the quill, plunged it into the inkwell, and hastily scrawled his name.
Synonyms
1
6.9
A small container that holds ink for writing with a pen
1
1.0
A small bottle that holds ink for refilling pens and drawing
1
8.4
A small container that holds ink and pens for writing
A small horn container used long ago to hold ink
Idioms
To use someone else's ideas without giving them credit
How Big
- Archaic
1
8.4
1
1.0
- Archaic
1
6.9
- Archaic
7
8.4
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inkwell comes from the two simple parts ink and well, where a 'well' is a deep place for water, so an inkwell is like a small 'well' filled with ink for dipping a pen. That's why an inkwell means a small container used to hold ink when writing by hand.