What's the difference between basin and laver?

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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A programme is described in which indigenous personnel are trained to provide culturally appropriate rehabilitation services for islanders of the Pacific Basin.
  • (2) Fold the edges of the baking parchment down over the rim of the basin.
  • (3) The first village, Gezirat El-Maabda, has a basin system of irrigation.
  • (4) Since 1975, the annual average thickness in just the central part of the basin had dropped from about 11 feet to 4 feet — a decline of 65%.
  • (5) Activity of the opisthorchiasis focus in the Tobol-Ubagan river basins has increased under the influence of several anthropogenic factors.
  • (6) The Indus water treaty (pdf) was signed in 1960 between India and Pakistan in response to the latter's fear that the location of the basin of the River Indus in India could have adverse effects on agriculture in Pakistan.
  • (7) From these results it is inferred that tubular brush-border damage occurs in inhabitants of the Jinzu River basin.
  • (8) Transplantation of autologous salivary glands to the lacrimal basin has been performed in patients with severe xerophthalmos and with or without severe xerostomia.
  • (9) Half the young people of the Mediterranean basin are reportedly out of work .
  • (10) Self-assembly kitchen wall units are being added to the basket to improve coverage of furniture, while basin taps are being removed.
  • (11) Millions of tourists from Northern Europe visit the Mediterranean basin each year.
  • (12) The Nationals also have questions about Greg Hunt’s Department of the Environment retaining responsibility for the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder , which manages environmental water holdings in the Murray-Darling Basin.
  • (13) In the Congo basin, many disabled people, who are exempt from ferry fares, smuggle goods across the waters dividing the nations' riverine capitals.
  • (14) The annual chest X-ray surveys conducted in Hokkaido during a 5 year period from 1972 to 1976 disclosed that the Furano basin located in a central mountainous district had an extremely high discovery rate of the cases with sarcoidosis.
  • (15) Ribotyping patterns of aeromonads recovered from well 1, detention basin, sand filter, softener, and distribution samples were compared with those of the five clinical isolates.
  • (16) A combined examination revealed Basin erythema in 57.7% of the patients, lupus vulgaris in 29.9% and papulonecrotic tuberculosis of the skin in 12.4%.
  • (17) Standard mortality ratios (SMRs) are mapped on the basis of non-metropolitan primary and secondary employment basins of Quebec.
  • (18) The upper Niger basin, the south-central part of Sierra Leone, and three small foci in the Gambia, Bakoye, and lower Niger river basins were areas with a high risk of onchocercal blindness.
  • (19) Satellite data, analysed by University of California at Irvine scientists, suggest that the state has been losing about 4tn gallons of water a year from the Sacramento and San Joaquin river basins since the drought began in 2011.
  • (20) The measurement takes place in 10 mm-basins at the wave-length 540 nm.

Laver


Definition:

  • (n.) A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.
  • (n.) A vessel for washing; a large basin.
  • (n.) One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
  • (n.) That which washes or cleanses.
  • (n.) One who laves; a washer.
  • (n.) The fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also sloke, or sloakan.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Jellied eels were always considered a regional dish, much like haggis is to Scotland, mushy peas are to northern England and laver bread is to Wales."
  • (2) Murray need all his best tennis in tough conditions to beat Kyrgios 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 in just over two hours in front of a packed Rod Laver Arena.
  • (3) He got away with this one, winning 7-6 (7-1), 3-6, 4-6, 6-0 in three and a half hours on a cool night on Rod Laver Arena that never properly warmed up in any sense.
  • (4) He was by turn patient, stubborn and just too damn good, winning a contest marked by swearing, stare-downs, minor tantrums, an odd time violation and some artful tennis on a chill, still night on Rod Laver Arena, with the man himself among an enthralled audience.
  • (5) 6.50am GMT Third set tiebreak: Dimitrov 7-6 Nadal* (* denotes next server) Dimitrov has all the space in the world (well a few metres of Rod Laver Arena) to crunch a shot down the line but sends it wide like he was Rafael Nadal .
  • (6) Photograph: AP Marine biologist Jennifer Lavers told the first day of the inquiry in Sydney on Thursday that she discovered more than one in 10 young flesh-footed shearwater birds – common visitors to Australian coasts – were dying from ingesting plastic or from plastic chemical contamination.
  • (7) The three-dimensional structure of one of these epitopes, recognized by monoclonal antibody NC41, has previously been determined (W. R. Tulip, J. N. Varghese, R. G. Webster, G. M. Air, W. G. Laver, and P. M. Colman, Cold Spring Harbor Symp.
  • (8) These artists are watching the machine of the music industry crumble away, so they’re thinking why the fuck not do whatever they want, and while they can still get away with it.” • Madonna plays Melbourne’s Rod Laver arena on Saturday and Sunday, Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 16 and 17 March, and Sydney’s Allphones arena on 19 and 20 March
  • (9) Most of the changes in the variants selected with monoclonal antibodies occur in those parts of the polypeptide chain which encircle the enzyme active site pocket in the three-dimensional structure (P. M. Colman, J. N. Varghese, and W. G. Laver (1983), Nature (London) 303, 41-44).
  • (10) The effects of overloading of the sample zone in density gradient centrifugation have been studied by use of a three-component shelf-lavered sample in which the total protein concentration was increased by addition of different amounts of albumin.
  • (11) Sequence analysis of the neuraminidase (NA) genes of influenza virus X-7(F1) and of 12 variants selected with monoclonal antibodies has been used to define in physical terms the antigenic structure of this NA, which was operationally established by R. G. Webster, L. E. Brown, and W. G. Laver (1984, Virology 135, 30-42).
  • (12) The final will be played in the 15,000-capacity Rod Laver Arena and the 15-year-old from Bristol, who is now based in Kansas in the United States, said: “I didn’t know until the players’ meeting that that was the deal.
  • (13) The outteromost laver of the cell wall of all marine ammonia-oxidizing bacteria So far isolated is made up of protein subunits arranged in a regular manner and linked together through metal-oxygen bonds.
  • (14) 7.51am GMT Rod Laver Arena is slowly starting to fill up with spectators ...
  • (15) On the Rod Laver Arena on a warm and gentle evening, blood and blisters first delivered the agony, then played at least a small part in cutting it short (although Murray made no excuses) as, his right foot wrapped and anaesthetised, he could not match the champion for movement in the closing stages of a four-set final that ebbed away from him.
  • (16) Swan saved three match points and won the next two games as well to secure her place in the final, which will be played on the 15,000-capacity Rod Laver Arena, against Slovakia’s Tereza Mihalikova.
  • (17) Laver's (1980) theory of monitoring is shown to be incongruent with the observed times, as is Levelt's (1983, 1989) main interruption rule.
  • (18) Berdych has now made at least the last four at every grand slam and claimed his first ever victory on Rod Laver Arena.
  • (19) History dictates it will be Williams accepting the warm applause of the crowd yet again when the dust settles on Rod Laver Arena, as the oldest Australian champion in the Open era, at 33, and still ranked No 1 in the world.
  • (20) Determinations of trace iodine in table salt, laver, and eggs were demonstrated as practical examples.