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Basin

Basin Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Basin? [n] a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin" [n] a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face" [n] the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; "flood control in the Missouri basin" [n] a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake" [n] the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Basin: basinful \| lavatory \| river basin \| washstand Related Terms \| Find terms related to Basin: alkali flat \| alluvial plain \| alveolation \| alveolus \| anchorage \| anchorage ground \| antrum \| aquamanile \| armpit \| automatic dishwasher \| bath \| bathtub \| bed \| berth \| bidet \| bottom \| bottomland \| bowl \| breakwater \| bulkhead \| bushveld \| campo \| catch basin \| cavity \| cereal bowl \| champaign \| champaign country \| channel \| cistern \| coastal plain \| concave \| concavity \| coulee \| crater \| crypt \| cup \| delta \| depression \| desert \| dip \| dishpan \| dishwasher \| dock \| dockage \| dockyard \| down \| downs \| dry dock \| embankment \| ewer \| fell \| finger bowl \| flat \| flat country \| flatland \| flats \| floor \| fold \| follicle \| funnel chest \| grass veld \| grassland \| gravy boat \| groin \| ground \| harbor \| harborage \| haven \| heath \| hip bath \| hole \| hollow \| hollow shell \| jetty \| jutty \| kitchen sink \| lacuna \| lande \| landing \| landing place \| landing stage \| lavabo \| lavatory \| level \| llano \| lowland \| lowlands \| lunar mare \| mare \| marina \| mesa \| mesilla \| mole \| moor \| moorings \| moorland \| ocean bottom \| open country \| pampa \| pampas \| peneplain \| pier \| piscina \| pit \| plain \| plains \| plateau \| playa \| pocket \| porringer \| port \| prairie \| protected anchorage \| punch bowl \| quay \| road \| roads \| roadstead \| sag \| salad bowl \| salt flat \| salt marsh \| salt pan \| sauce boat \| savanna \| scoop \| seaport \| seawall \| sebkha \| shell \| shipyard \| shower \| shower bath \| shower curtain \| shower head \| shower room \| shower stall \| showers \| sink \| sinkage \| sinkhole \| sinus \| sitz bath \| slip \| socket \| steppe \| table \| tableland \| terrine \| tree veld \| trough \| tub \| tundra \| tureen \| upland \| vat \| vega \| veld \| vug \| wash barrel \| wash boiler \| washbasin \| washbowl \| washdish \| washer \| washing machine \| washing pot \| washpot \| washstand \| washtub \| weald \| wharf \| wide-open spaces \| wold See Also \| baptismal font \| baptistery \| baptistry \| bidet \| birdbath \| cirque \| containerful \| corrie \| cwm \| depression \| emesis basin \| font \| geographic area \| geographic region \| geographical area \| geographical region \| handbasin \| lavabo \| laver \| natural depression \| saltpan \| sink \| stoop \| stoup \| tidal basin \| vessel \| washbasin \| washbowl \| wash-hand basin Basin In Webster's Dictionary \Ba"sin\, n. [OF. bacin, F. bassin, LL. bacchinus, fr. bacca a water vessel, fr. L. bacca berry, in allusion to the round shape; or perh. fr. Celtic. Cf. {Bac}.] 1. A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses. 2. The quantity contained in a basin. 3. A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc. 4. A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay. 5. (Physical Geog.) (a) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river. (b) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake. 6. (Geol.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called {coal basins} or {coal fields}.

Basin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Basin?

[n] a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin"
[n] a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face"
[n] the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; "flood control in the Missouri basin"
[n] a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"
[n] the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Basin: basinful | lavatory | river basin | washstand

Basin In Webster's Dictionary

\Ba"sin\, n. [OF. bacin, F. bassin, LL. bacchinus, fr.
bacca a water vessel, fr. L. bacca berry, in allusion to the
round shape; or perh. fr. Celtic. Cf. {Bac}.]
1. A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and
   for various other uses.

2. The quantity contained in a basin.

3. A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in
   the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders
   for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat
   into shape, etc.

4. A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for
   ships, a little bay.

5. (Physical Geog.)
   (a) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the
       surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is
       generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.
   (b) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or
       sloping towards a sea or lake.

6. (Geol.) An isolated or circumscribed formation,
   particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides,
   toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal
   formations, called {coal basins} or {coal fields}.

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