Basin

Definition:

  • (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.

Compare basin with other words:

basin vs. dock

basin vs. bawsin

basin vs. basion

basin vs. sasin

basan vs. basin

basin vs. basing

basin vs. bavin

bain vs. basin

basic vs. basin

basil vs. basin

basin vs. basis

basin vs. embayment

basin vs. basined

basin vs. washdish

aspersorium vs. basin

basin vs. scammony

basin vs. pond

basin vs. tub

basin vs. mobile

basin vs. burette

basin vs. pelvis

basin vs. delta

basin vs. bason

basin vs. pan

basin vs. washbowl

basin vs. laver

basin vs. piscina

basin vs. trench

basin vs. pit

basin vs. marsh

basin vs. march

basin vs. gulf

basin vs. lunette

basin vs. washstand

basin vs. plateau

basin vs. cuvette

basin vs. foyer

basin vs. lavatory

basin vs. sink

basin vs. erosion

basin vs. scoop

basin vs. formation

basin vs. river

area vs. basin

basin vs. drain

basin vs. washing

basin vs. bowl