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 Definitions of basin  [ˈbeɪ sən]  

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Definition of 'basin' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) basin
a circular container with a greater width than depth, used chiefly to hold water for washing.

2.  basin
the quantity held by such a container.

3.  basin
a natural or artificial hollow place containing water.

4.  basin
a partially enclosed, sheltered area along a shore where boats may be moored:
a yacht basin.

5.  basin
a hollow or depression in the earth's surface.

6.  basin
an area in which rock strata dip inward toward a common center; a circular or elliptical syncline.

Etymology:  (1175–1225; ME bacin < OF < LL bac(c)īnum, der. of bacc(a) water vessel)

Definition of 'basin' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) basin
a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
"she mixed the dough in a large basin"

2. (noun) basin, basinful
the quantity that a basin will hold
"a basinful of water"

3. (noun) basin
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"

4. (noun) river basin, basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area
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"

5. (noun) washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory
a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
"he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face"


Definition of 'basin' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) basin
get/go back to basics
the hollow part of a sink
Fill the basin with water.

2.  basin
an area of land lower in the middle than at the edges
the Delaware river basin


Definition of 'basin' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) basin
a hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses

2. (noun) basin
the quantity contained in a basin

3. (noun) basin
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. (noun) basin
a hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay

5. (noun) basin
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

6. (noun) basin
the entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake

7. (noun) basin
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


Translation of 'basin' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a bowl for washing oneself in
a wash-hand basin.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: waskom Arabic flag Arabic: حَوْض، طسْت Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: леген
Brazilian flag Brazilian: bacia Czech flag Czech: umyvadlo German flag German: das Waschbecken
Danish flag Danish: vask; håndvask Greek flag Greek: λεκάνη, νιπτήρας Spanish flag Spanish: palangana, jofaina
Estonian flag Estonian: pesukauss, valamu Farsi flag Farsi: تشت؛ لگن Finnish flag Finnish: allas
French flag French: lavabo Hebrew flag Hebrew: גִיגִית, כּיוֹר רַחֲצָה Hindi flag Hindi: चिलमची
Croatian flag Croatian: umivaonik, lavor Hungarian flag Hungarian: mosdókagyló Indonesian flag Indonesian: waskom
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þvottaskál, vaskafat, vas Italian flag Italian: bacinella Japanese flag Japanese: 洗面器
Korean flag Korean: 대야, 세면대 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dubuo Latvian flag Latvian: bļoda
Malay flag Malay: singki Dutch flag Dutch: wasbak Norwegian flag Norwegian: servant, vask
Polish flag Polish: miednica Persian flag Persian: تشت؛ لگن Pashto flag Pashto: تشت، كنډول، تغاره، ډنډوكى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: bacia Romanian flag Romanian: lighean Russian flag Russian: таз
Slovak flag Slovak: umývadlo Slovenian flag Slovenian: umivalnik Serbian flag Serbian: lavor
Swedish flag Swedish: handfat Thai flag Thai: อ่างน้ำ Turkish flag Turkish: leğen
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 水盆 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: таз Urdu flag Urdu: لگن ، چرمچی ، تسلہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chậu rửa Chinese flag Chinese: 水盆

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