washstand

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Alternatively, it could be supported by a washstand, with legs but no cabinet, for a similar feeling of airiness.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2019

Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis / EPA Put that nice blue and white pitcher on the marble washstand.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2012

His washstand had been knocked off the cabin’s outer wall, and there was a swipe of tiger blood by the door.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2012

The museum shows the house's original pit toilet, and a 1950s kitchen, with a washstand and jugs for collecting water.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2011

“Hold the candle,” said Mr. Rochester, and I took it: he fetched a basin of water from the washstand: “Hold that,” said he.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë