basin
Other forms: basins
A basin is a container that holds water and is used for washing, but you probably just call it your bathroom sink.
You can think of basinas something shaped like a bowl. If you're going for an old-fashioned ring, say "wash basin." If you’re in England, you might use a basin for cooking. The word basin also has various geological senses, particularly a depression in the ground or ocean floor. A basin is also the spot where a river drains — like the famed Mississippi River Basin. That’s one big bowl!
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a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids“she mixed the dough in a large basin”types:aspersoriumthe basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churchesbideta basin for washing genitals and anal areabirdbathan ornamental basin (usually in a garden) for birds to bathe inemesis basina basin used by bedridden patients for vomitinglaver(Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutionshandbasin, lavabo, wash-hand basin, washbasin, washbowla basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression)type of:vesselan object used as a container (especially for liquids)
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the quantity that a basin will holdsynonyms: basinfultype of:containerfulthe quantity that a container will hold
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a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
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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”types:saltpana shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt laketidal basina basin that is full of water at high tidetype of:
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the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet“flood control in the Missouri basin”synonyms: catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershedtypes:detention basina storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstreamretention basina storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstreamtype of:geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical regiona demarcated area of the Earth
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