Usually means: Container for holding liquid ink.
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  1. inkwell: Merriam-Webster
  2. inkwell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. inkwell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. inkwell: Collins English Dictionary
  5. inkwell: Vocabulary.com
  6. Inkwell, inkwell: Wordnik
  7. inkwell: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. inkwell: Wiktionary
  9. inkwell: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. inkwell: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. inkwell: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. inkwell: Dictionary.com
  13. Inkwell (Macintosh), Inkwell (band), Inkwell (journal), Inkwell, The Inkwell (album), The Inkwell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. inkwell: Rhymezone
  15. inkwell: FreeDictionary.org
  16. inkwell: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. inkwell: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. inkwell: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. inkwell: Medical dictionary

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  1. Inkwell: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen into it whenever a refill is needed.

Similar:
ink-well, ink well, ink bottle, inkpot, inkstand, inkholder, ink pot, inkbottle, ink-pot, ink converter, more...

Opposite:
quill, pen holder, pen stand

Types:
glass, ceramic, porcelain, brass, bronze, wooden, crystal, stone, marble, more...

Phrases:
Out of the Inkwell, The Inkwell, more...

Adjectives:
crystal, small, heavy, large, empty, own, bronze, old, big, open, little



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Similar:
ink-well, ink well, ink bottle, inkpot, inkstand, inkholder, ink pot, inkbottle, ink-pot, ink converter, more...

Opposite:
quill, pen holder, pen stand

Types:
glass, ceramic, porcelain, brass, bronze, wooden, crystal, stone, marble, more...

Phrases:
Out of the Inkwell, The Inkwell, more...

Adjectives:
crystal, small, heavy, large, empty, own, bronze, old, big, open, little



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