washstand
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washstand
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From wash + stand.
noun washstands
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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 article
Similar: commode
- 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.
Similar: washhand-stand
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: washhand-stand
Translations
Every language
noun table for washing
| 中文 | 盥洗臺 /盥洗台 guànxǐtái, 臉盆架 /脸盆架 liǎnpénjià |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Waschtisch |
| Italiano | porta catino, porta bacinella |
| Русский | умыва́льная umyválʹnaja, умыва́льня umyválʹnja |
| العربية | مَغْسَلَة maḡsala |
Talk about this word "washstand." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/washstand. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. washstand. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/washstand "washstand." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/washstand.Cite this
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