"inkstick" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪŋkstɪk/ Forms: inksticks [plural]
Etymology: ink + stick Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ink|stick}} ink + stick Head templates: {{en-noun}} inkstick (plural inksticks)
  1. A cake of solid ink used in traditional East Asian calligraphy and painting, in combination with an inkstone and inkbrush. Wikipedia link: inkstick Categories (topical): Calligraphy Translations (cake of solid ink): (mò) (Chinese Mandarin), 墨條 (Chinese Mandarin), 墨条 (mòtiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), inktstaaf [masculine] (Dutch), mustetanko (Finnish), tussitanko (Finnish), શાહીસળી (śāhīsaḷī) (Gujarati), (sumi) (alt: すみ) (Japanese), (meok) (Korean), mực thỏi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-inkstick-en-noun-TBaroGmL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for inkstick meaning in English (2.4kB)

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