inkwell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen (such as a dip pen or quill pen) into it whenever a refill is needed.
A store of ink built into a pen, comprising a tube attached to the tip of the pen.
Euphemistic form of incel (“a member of an online subculture who define themselves as unable to find a partner”).

/ˈɪŋk.wɛl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-inkwell.wav

inkwell inkwells ink well ink-well

Compound of ink + well.

inkpot inkstand

dip pen fountain pen nib pen quill quill pen

dip one's pen in someone's inkwell you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell you don't dip your pen in the inkwell

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