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inkstone en · NOUN

Etymology

From ink + stone.

Meanings

1. A stone mortar used for grinding and holding ink in the East Asian art and calligraphy tradition.
   • He turns to the inkstone and picks up by the handles the two inkballs, rolling the leather facings together to freshen the ink. […] As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan. 2000, Richard L. Saunders, Printing in Deseret:

Forms

Translations (16)

ar حَجَر حَبْر (stone mortar) · pl kamień pisarski (stone mortar) · fi mustekivi (stone mortar) · vi nghiên (stone mortar) · yoi 硯 (stone mortar) · pt pedra de tinta (stone mortar) · hak 墨盤 /墨盘 (stone mortar) · cmn 硯 /砚 (stone mortar) · cmn 硯臺 /砚台 (stone mortar) · vi nghiên mực (stone mortar) · th จานฝนหมึก (stone mortar) · de Reibstein (stone mortar) · ko 벼루 (stone mortar) · hak 墨硯 /墨砚 (stone mortar) · ja 硯 (stone mortar) · hak 墨硯盤 /墨砚盘 (stone mortar)