music stand

noun

A stand made for holding pages or books of sheet music.

Similar
music rack

Meanings

nounmusic stand (plural music stands)

plural music stands

  1. A stand made for holding pages or books of sheet music.
  2. A raised platform for a musical band; bandstand.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna light stand for holding sheets of printed music

Similar
music rack
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian пулт, пюпитър
  • пулт (pult)stand for holding sheet music
  • пюпитър (pjupităr)stand for holding sheet music
Catalan faristol
  • faristolstand for holding sheet music
Chinese Mandarin 樂譜架 /乐谱架, 譜架 /谱架
  • 樂譜架 /乐谱架 (yuèpǔjià)stand for holding sheet music
  • 譜架 /谱架 (pǔjià)stand for holding sheet music
Czech stojan na noty
  • stojan na notystand for holding sheet music
Danish nodeholder
  • nodeholderstand for holding sheet music
Dutch muziekstandaard, muziekstatief
  • muziekstandaardstand for holding sheet music
  • muziekstatiefstand for holding sheet music
  • notenstandaardstand for holding sheet music
Finnish nuottiteline
  • nuottitelinestand for holding sheet music
French pupitre
  • pupitrestand for holding sheet music
German Notenpult, Notenständer
  • Notenpultstand for holding sheet music
  • Notenständerstand for holding sheet music
Greek αναλόγιο μουσικής
  • αναλόγιο μουσικής (analógio mousikís)stand for holding sheet music
Hungarian kottaállvány
  • kottaállványstand for holding sheet music
Icelandic nótnastandur, nótnastóll
  • nótnastandurstand for holding sheet music
  • nótnastóllstand for holding sheet music
  • nótnastatífstand for holding sheet music
  • statífstand for holding sheet music
Irish seastán ceoil
  • seastán ceoilstand for holding sheet music
Italian leggio
  • leggiostand for holding sheet music
Japanese 譜面台
  • 譜面台 (fumendai)stand for holding sheet music
Korean 악보대
  • 악보대 (akbodae)stand for holding sheet music
Portuguese atril
  • atrilstand for holding sheet music
Russian пюпи́тр, пульт
  • пюпи́тр (pjupítr)stand for holding sheet music
  • пульт (pulʹt)stand for holding sheet music
Scottish Gaelic seasdan-ciùil
  • seasdan-ciùilstand for holding sheet music
Spanish atril
  • atrilstand for holding sheet music
Swedish notställ
  • notställstand for holding sheet music
Tagalog atril
  • atrilstand for holding sheet music
Vietnamese giá nhạc
  • giá nhạcstand for holding sheet music
Welsh stand miwsig, stand fiwsig
  • stand miwsigstand for holding sheet music
  • stand fiwsigstand for holding sheet music
Cite this entry
APA

music stand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/music%20stand

MLA

“music stand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/music%20stand. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “music stand,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/music%20stand.

Source: music stand on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.