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
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basin vs. basion
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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