inknoun [ C or U ]
uk/ɪŋk/us/ɪŋk/ink noun [ C or U ] (LIQUID)
B1 coloured liquid used for writing, printing, and drawing:
a bottle of ink
blue/black/red ink
Please write in ink, not in pencil.
The book is printed in three different coloured inks.
More examples
- She was disappointed to see her essay returned with a mass of corrections in red ink.
- When you fill in the form, please write clearly in black ink.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Paints, dyes & pigments
- colourway
- distemper
- dye
- emulsion
- flaxseed oil
- glossy
- Indian ink
- inky
- invisible ink
- poster paint
- primer
- propanone
- rinse
- satin
- sienna
- tint
- toner
- warpaint
- white spirit
- whitewash
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ink noun [ C or U ] (DECORATION)
informal tattoos (= patterns that are made on the skin using needles and ink):
I have only been tattooing for nine months but people seem to like my ink.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- drain
- epidermis
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- jaundiced
- lined
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- veined
- wan
- wrinkled
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Idiom(s)
the ink is not dry/still wet
inkverb [ T ]
uk/ɪŋk/us/ɪŋk/ink verb [ T ] (PUT INK ON)
specialized publishing, art to put ink on something:
The printing plates have to be inked before they will print on the paper.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Painting, drawing & printing
- airbrush
- brushstroke
- brushwork
- chiaroscuro
- colour
- colour sth in
- draft
- drew
- engraving
- etching
- foreshorten
- freehand
- rough
- rule
- shade sth in
- stencil
- stipple
- tempera
- touch sth in
- wash
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ink verb [ T ] (DECORATE SKIN)
informal to tattoo someone (= decorate their skin with patterns using needles and ink):
Here are some important points to note before you get inked.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- drain
- epidermis
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- jaundiced
- lined
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- veined
- wan
- wrinkled
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