basin
(noun) a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; “she mixed the dough in a large basin”
washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory
(noun) 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”
basin
(noun) 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”
basin, basinful
(noun) the quantity that a basin will hold; “a basinful of water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
basin (plural basins)
a wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall
Synonym: sink
(obsolete) a shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food
a depression, natural or artificial, containing water
(geography) an area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin
(geography) a rock formation scooped out by water erosion
basin (third-person singular simple present basins, present participle basinning or (US) basining, simple past and past participle basinned or (US) basined)
To create a concavity or depression in.
To serve as or become a basin.
To shelter or enclose in a basin.
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Basin
A census-designated place in Montana
A town, the county seat of Big Horn County, Wyoming.
• Bains, Bians, IBANs, Ibans, Nabis, Sabin, bains, nabis, naibs, nisab, nisba, sabin
Source: Wiktionary
Ba"sin, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
