Washstand

Quick meaning: Washstand is a noun meaning (furniture) A table containing a basin and a pitcher of water for washing.

Meaning

(furniture) A table containing a basin and a pitcher of water for washing.

More Meanings

1. (dated) In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off.

Example Sentences

Washstand in an Electric Garage. […] In a few garages arrangements are made for washing cars in any position on the storage floor, so that it is not necessary to move them on to and off the washrack.

The less quality the more saleable they were. An abhorrent-looking stained oak wash-stand with a marble top and inset tiles, or a sideboard with bevelled mirrors in the back, or an enamelled wardrobe with stamped wood panels were much preferred to comparatively innocuous examples of the same articles in plain wood.

Word Forms

• washstands

Synonyms for washstand

Depending on context, synonyms include washhand-stand, commode, lavatory, washbasin, washbowl.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include washbowl, washbasin, lavatory, basin, vanity, bench.

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