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Meaning of spirit-stand | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A stand for a pot, kettle, etc., that has an in-built spirit container below for keeping the contents of the pot heated.

Examples

“On it stood a silver tray of smokables and a burnished spirit-stand, from which and an adjacent siphon my silent host proceeded to charge two high glasses.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

spirit, soul spiritdom spirited Spiritedly Spiritedness spiriter