washstand

Other forms of washstand

plural

washstands·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about washstand

What does washstand mean?

washstand means "furniture consisting of a table or stand to hold a basin and pitcher of water for washing: `wash-hand stand' is a British term". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in washstand?

washstand has 2 syllables: wash-stand. The stress falls on "wash".

What is another word for washstand?

Close synonyms include wash-hand stand, washbasin, basin, washbowl, lavatory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is washstand a common word?

washstand is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.