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inkwell

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɪŋk.wɛl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen (such as a dip pen or quill pen) into it whenever a refill is needed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: inkstand

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inkpot, inkstand

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A store of ink built into a pen, comprising a tube attached to the tip of the pen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Euphemistic form of incel (“a member of an online subculture who define themselves as unable to find a partner”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, euphemistic, form-of

Qualifier: Reddit slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inkstand

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: well

History

Etymology

Compound of ink + well.

Across languages

Translations

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دواة (dawāh) — container for ink
  • Arabic: مِحْبَرَة (miḥbara) — container for ink
  • Armenian: թանաքաման (tʻanakʻaman) — container for ink
  • Assamese: দোৱাত (düat) — container for ink
  • Assamese: মহী চুঙা (mohi suṅa) — container for ink
  • Assamese: মৈলাম (moilam) — container for ink
  • Azerbaijani: mürəkkəbqabı — container for ink
  • Belarusian: чарні́ліца (čarnílica) — container for ink
  • Belarusian: калама́р (kalamár) — container for ink
  • Breton: korn-liv — container for ink
  • Bulgarian: масти́лница (mastílnica) — container for ink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 墨水池 (mòshuǐchí) — container for ink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 墨水瓶 (mòshuǐpíng) — container for ink
  • Czech: kalamář — container for ink
  • Danish: blækhus — container for ink
  • Dutch: inktpot — container for ink
  • Esperanto: inkujo — container for ink
  • Estonian: tindipott — container for ink
  • Finnish: mustepullo — container for ink
  • Finnish: musteastia — container for ink
  • French: encrier — container for ink
  • Galician: tinteiro — container for ink
  • Georgian: სამელნე (samelne) — container for ink
  • German: Tintenfass — container for ink
  • Greek: μελανοδοχείο (melanodocheío) — container for ink
  • Greek: καλαμάρι (kalamári) — container for ink
  • Hebrew: קֶסֶת (qéset) — container for ink
  • Hebrew: דְּיוֹתָה (dyotá) — container for ink
  • Hindi: दवात (davāt) — container for ink
  • Hungarian: tintatartó — container for ink
  • Icelandic: blekbytta — container for ink
  • Ido: inkuyo — container for ink
  • Irish: dúchán — container for ink
  • Italian: calamaio — container for ink
  • Japanese: インク入れ (inkuire) — container for ink
  • Japanese: インク壺 (inkutsubo) — container for ink
  • Kazakh: дәуіт (däuıt) — container for ink
  • Kazakh: сиясауыт (siäsauyt) — container for ink
  • Khmer: ដបទឹកខ្មៅ (dɑɑp tɨk khmaw) — container for ink
  • Korean: 잉크병 (ingkeubyeong) — container for ink
  • Korean: 잉크통 (ingkeutong) — container for ink
  • Kyrgyz: сыя челек (sıya celek) — container for ink
  • Kyrgyz: сыя соот (sıya soot) — container for ink
  • Latvian: tintnīca — container for ink
  • Lithuanian: rašalinė — container for ink
  • Macedonian: масти́лница (mastílnica) — container for ink
  • Mongolian: бэхийн сав (bexiin sav) — container for ink
  • Norman: encriyi — container for ink
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blekkhus — container for ink
  • Old English: blæchorn — container for ink
  • Pannonian Rusyn: фляшочка (fljašočka) — container for ink
  • Pashto: دوات (dewāt) — container for ink
  • Dari: دَوَات (dawāt) — container for ink
  • Iranian Persian: دَوات (davât) — container for ink
  • Iranian Persian: آمِه (âme) — container for ink
  • Polish: kałamarz — container for ink
  • Portuguese: tinteiro — container for ink
  • Punjabi: ਦਵਾਤ (davāt) — container for ink
  • Punjabi: دَوَات — container for ink
  • Romanian: călimară — container for ink
  • Russian: черни́льница (černílʹnica) — container for ink
  • Campidanese Sardinian: tintèri — container for ink
  • Sardinian: tintèri — container for ink
  • Sassarese: tintèri — container for ink
  • Sassarese: caramàiu — container for ink
  • Serbo-Croatian: мастионица — container for ink
  • Serbo-Croatian: mastionica — container for ink
  • Slovak: kalamár — container for ink
  • Slovene: črnilnik — container for ink
  • Spanish: tintero — container for ink
  • Swedish: bläckhorn — container for ink
  • Tagalog: dingsulan — container for ink
  • Tagalog: tintero — container for ink
  • Tagalog: tinteruhan — container for ink
  • Tajik: давот (davot) — container for ink
  • Tajik: сиёҳидон (siyohidon) — container for ink
  • Thai: ที่ใส่หมึก — container for ink
  • Turkish: hokka — container for ink
  • Ottoman Turkish: حقه (hokka) — container for ink
  • Ukrainian: чорни́льниця (čornýlʹnycja) — container for ink
  • Ukrainian: калама́р (kalamár) — container for ink
  • Urdu: دَوات (davāt) — container for ink
  • Urdu: سِیاہی دان (siyāhī dān) — container for ink
  • Uyghur: سىياھدان (siyahdan) — container for ink
  • Uyghur: دۈۋەت (düwet) — container for ink
  • Uzbek: siyohdon — container for ink
  • Uzbek: dovot — container for ink
  • Vietnamese: lọ mực — container for ink
  • Vietnamese: bình mực — container for ink
  • Volapük: nigiär — container for ink
  • Welsh: pot inc — container for ink