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The Meaning of basin

  • (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.
  • (n.) The quantity contained in a basin.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.
  • (n.) 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.

Synonyms

washstand , river basin , washbowl , lavatory , drainage area , watershed , drainage basin , catchment basin , catchment area , washbasin , basinful , divide , landmark , turning point , water parting , bathroom , handbasin , wash-hand basin , lavabo , flush toilet , toilet , can , john , wash-hand stand , lav , privy

Rhymes

caisson , capsaicin , cayson , chaisson , chasen , chasten , clasen , freemason , grayson , gustaveson , hasten , jason , leysen , mason , salveson , spleisson , washbasin