About The Word Basin
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Basin
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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}.
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