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ink-pad

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps. The ink gets onto the stamp by pressing the stamp on the ink-pad.

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  • Catalan: tampó — piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印泥 (yìnní) — piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps
  • Czech: polštářek — piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps
  • French: tampon encreur — piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps
  • German: Stempelkissen — piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps
  • Greek: ταμπόν (tampón) — piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps
  • Hungarian: bélyegzőpárna — piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps
  • Italian: tampone — piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps
  • Japanese: スタンプ台 (sutanpu-dai) — piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps
  • Macedonian: мастилно перниче (mastilno perniče) — piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps
  • Spanish: tampón — piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps
  • Swedish: stämpeldyna — piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps