basin
/ˈbeɪsɪn/ · noun
Meaning
- A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall
- A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food
- A depression, natural or artificial, containing water
- An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin
- A rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- To create a concavity or depression in.
- To serve as or become a basin.
- To shelter or enclose in a basin.
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