spirit-stand

noun

A stand for a pot, kettle, etc., that has an in-built spirit container below for keeping the contents of the pot heated.

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Meanings

nounspirit-stand (plural spirit-stands)

plural spirit-stands

  1. A stand for a pot, kettle, etc., that has an in-built spirit container below for keeping the contents of the pot heated.

    On it stood a silver tray of smokables and a burnished spirit-stand, from which and an adjacent siphon my silent host proceeded to charge two high glasses.

    1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
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APA

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

MLA

“spirit-stand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirit-stand. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

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