BASINS
Noun
basins
plural of basin
Verb
basins
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of basin
Anagrams
• nisbas, sabins
Source: Wiktionary
BASIN
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