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Webster 1913 Edition


Basin

Ba′sin

,
Noun.
[OF.
bacin
, F.
bassin
, LL.
bacchinus
, fr.
bacca
a water vessel, fr. L.
bacca
berry, in allusion to the round shape; or perh. fr. Celtic. Cf.
Bac
.]
1.
A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.
2.
The quantity contained in a basin.
3.
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.
4.
A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.
Pope
5.
(Physical Geog.)
(a)
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.
(b)
The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.
6.
(Geol.)
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Basin

BA'SIN

,
Noun.
basn.
1.
A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.
2.
In hydraulics, any reservoir of water.
3.
That which resembles a basin in containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a hollow place for liquids, or an inclosed part of water, forming a broad space within a strait or narrow entrance; a little bay.
4.
Among glass grinders, a concave piece of metal by which convex glasses are formed.
5.
Among hatters, a large shell or case, usually of iron, placed over a furnace, in which the hat is molded into due shape.
6.
In anatomy, a round cavity between the anterior ventricles of the brain.
7.
The scale of a balance, when hollow and round.
8.
In Jewish antiquities, the laver of the tabernacle.

Definition 2024


Basin

Basin

See also: basin, bäsin, and basın

English

Proper noun

Basin

  1. A census-designated place in Montana
  2. A town in Wyoming

basin

basin

See also: Basin, bäsin, and basın

English

Noun

basin (plural basins)

  1. A bowl for washing, often affixed to a wall.
  2. (geography) An area of land from which water drains into a specific river.
    • 2012 January 1, Douglas Larson, “Runaway Devils Lake”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 46:
      Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. [] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.
  3. (geography) A rock formation scooped out by water erosion.

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External links

  • basin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • basin in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Cebuano

Adverb

basin

  1. maybe

French

Etymology

Old French bombasin, ultimately from Medieval Latin bambax, from Ancient Greek πάμϐαξ (pámϐax, cotton).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bazɛ̃/

Noun

basin m (plural basins)

  1. (textiles, historical) bombasine

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Hiligaynon

Noun

basín

  1. toilet

Volapük

Noun

basin (plural basins)

  1. basin
  2. water basin

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