washstand

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English

Etymology

From wash +‎ stand.

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)

Noun

washstand (plural washstands)

(furniture) A table containing a basin and a pitcher of water for washing.
Synonym: commode
(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.
- 1916, Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine:
  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

washhand-stand

Coordinate terms

(table): dry sink

Related terms

nightstand (sometimes coinstantial)

Translations

table for washing

Arabic: مَغْسَلَة f (maḡsala)
Catalan: rentamans (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 盥洗臺／盥洗台 (guànxǐtái), 臉盆架／脸盆架 (liǎnpénjià)
Dutch: wastafel (nl) f
Finnish: pesuteline, pesupöytä
German: Waschtisch (de) m
Hungarian: mosdóállvány (hu)
Italian: porta catino m, porta bacinella m
Russian: умыва́льная (ru) f (umyválʹnaja), умыва́льня (ru) f (umyválʹnja)