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basin

Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪn/

The English word “basin” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.
  2. A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food.
  3. A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
  4. An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.
  5. A shallow depression in a rock formation, such as an area of down-folded rock that has accumulated a thick layer of sediments, or an area scooped out by water erosion.
  6. An enclosed or sheltered area of water where boats are moored, often equipped with piers, wharves, or docks.

verb

  1. To create a concavity or depression in.
  2. To serve as or become a basin.
  3. To shelter or enclose in a basin.

Etymology

From Middle English basyn, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”).

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