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Inkwell

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɪŋk.wɛl

Definitions

  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.
  2. A store of ink built into a pen, comprising a tube attached to the tip of the pen.
  3. Euphemistic form of incel (“a member of an online subculture who define themselves as unable to find a partner”).

Equivalents

Españoltintero
Françaisencrier
DeutschTintenfass
36 more languages
Češtinakalamář
Esperantoinkujo
Gaeilgedúchan
Galegotinteiro
हिन्दीदवात
Հայերենթանաքաման
Íslenskablekbytta
Italianocalamaio
ქართულისამელნე
Қазақ тіліДәуіт
ភាសាខ្មែរដបទឹកខ្មៅ
Kurdîkalamar
Latviešutintnīca
Македонскимастилница
Nederlandsinktpot
ਪੰਜਾਬੀدواتਦਵਾਤ
Polskikałamarz
Portuguêstinteiro
Românăcălimară
Slovenčinakalamár
Svenskabläckhorn
Türkçehokka
اردودوات
O'zbekchasiyohdon

Examples

Near-synonym: inkstand
The reference library itself proclaimed the substance of the city with its solid elbow chairs and long mahogany tables, grooved along the edge to hold a pen, and in the centre of each table a massive pewter inkwell.”
Boy those woman already suffer enough in that line of work. Imagine how much worse it would be if this radical inkwells were in charge of them 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️”
this is what leftist "just have sex inkwell" types assume what the standards RW men have in looking for women are
There is no such thing as a female inkwell. You won't change my mind.”
“If a woman has been single and hasn't got laid in awhile,^([sic]) its^([sic]) wildly accepted that this is by her choice. She hasn't met the right man yet. If a man hasn't got laid in awhile, he's seen as an inkwell.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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