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washstand en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From wash + stand.

Meanings

1. A table containing a basin and a pitcher of water for washing.
   • The less quality the more saleable they were. An abhorrent-looking stained oak wash-stand with a marble top and inset tiles, or a sideboard with bevelled mirrors in the back, or an enamelled wardrobe with stamped wood panels were much preferred to comparatively innocuous examples of the same articles in plain wood. 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 70:
2. (dated) In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off.
   • Washstand in an Electric Garage. […] In a few garages arrangements are made for washing cars in any position on the storage floor, so that it is not necessary to move them on to and off the washrack. 1916, Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine:

Forms

Coordinates

dry sink (table)

Relateds

nightstand

Synonyms

commode · washhand-stand

Translations (12)

ru умыва́льная (table for washing) · cmn 盥洗臺 /盥洗台 (table for washing) · de Waschtisch (table for washing) · ru умыва́льня (table for washing) · it porta bacinella (table for washing) · ca rentamans (table for washing) · it porta catino (table for washing) · fi pesupöytä (table for washing) · hu mosdóállvány (table for washing) · nl wastafel (table for washing) · ar مَغْسَلَة (table for washing) · cmn 臉盆架 /脸盆架 (table for washing)