EGAVE

basin

About 13.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.
  2. noun A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food.
  3. noun A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
  4. noun An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.
  5. noun 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. noun An enclosed or sheltered area of water where boats are moored, often equipped with piers, wharves, or docks.
  7. verb To create a concavity or depression in.
  8. verb To serve as or become a basin.

Similar words

trough bowl river basin washbasin bucket pail toilet basket cauldron pen

Often followed by

of and is in to was with are or

Word family

basinal basined basinful basinfuls basins

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