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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.
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
basin
English
Noun
basin (plural basins)
- A bowl for washing, often affixed to a wall.
- (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.
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- (geography) A rock formation scooped out by water erosion.
Synonyms
- (bowl): sink
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Translations
bowl for washing, often affixed to a wall
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area of land that drains into a river
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rock formation scooped out by water erosion
External links
- basin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- basin in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
See also
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basin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Basin in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Anagrams
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)
- (textiles, historical) bombasine
Anagrams
Volapük
Noun
basin (plural basins)
- basin
- water basin
Declension
declension of basin
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | basin | basins |
| genitive | basina | basinas |
| dative | basine | basines |
| accusative | basini | basinis |
| predicative | basinu | basinus |
| vocative | o basin! | o basins! |