An ink-soaked pad in a shallow box, used for inking a rubber stamp or taking fingerprints.
Example sentencesExamples
The ceremony to announce the emblem is rooted in Oriental culture with the Chinese seal, the red ink-pad, the special paper and the Chinese-style long table.
It bears police approved wording and must be used with a red ink-pad.
When the students use the ink pad, they should take care to roll their fingers across the paper, otherwise they will only achieve a black smudge.
Lay the stamp onto a flat surface and tap the ink pad repeatedly over the surface of the rubber stamp.
Definition of ink pad in US English:
ink pad
nounˈiNGk ˌpad
An ink-soaked pad in a shallow box, used for inking a rubber stamp or taking fingerprints.
Example sentencesExamples
When the students use the ink pad, they should take care to roll their fingers across the paper, otherwise they will only achieve a black smudge.
It bears police approved wording and must be used with a red ink-pad.
Lay the stamp onto a flat surface and tap the ink pad repeatedly over the surface of the rubber stamp.
The ceremony to announce the emblem is rooted in Oriental culture with the Chinese seal, the red ink-pad, the special paper and the Chinese-style long table.