View source for washstand

==English==

===Etymology===
From {{compound|en|wash|stand}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-washstand.wav|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|furniture}} A [[table]] containing a [[basin]] and a [[pitcher]] of [[water]] for [[washing]].
#: {{syn|en|commode}}
# {{lb|en|dated}} In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that [[carriage]]s or [[automobile]]s may be washed there and the water run off.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1916|title=Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine
|passage='''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.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|washhand-stand}}

====Coordinate terms====
* {{sense|table}} {{l|en|dry sink}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|nightstand}} {{q|sometimes coinstantial}}<!--in times and places without indoor plumbing-->

====Translations====
{{trans-top|table for washing}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَغْسَلَة|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|rentamans|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|盥洗臺|tr=guànxǐtái}}, {{t|cmn|臉盆架|tr=liǎnpénjià}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|wastafel|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|pesuteline}}, {{t|fi|pesupöytä}}
* German: {{t+|de|Waschtisch|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|mosdóállvány}}
* Italian: {{t|it|porta catino|m}}, {{t|it|porta bacinella|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|умыва́льная|f}}, {{t+|ru|умыва́льня|f}}
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===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
{{R:Britannica 1911|Washstand}}