basin

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English

Alternative forms

• bason (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: bā'sən, IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪs(ə)n/
• Rhymes: -eɪsən
• Homophone: besan

Noun

basin (plural basins)

1. A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

   Synonym: sink

2. (obsolete) A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food.
   • 1893, Gilbert Parker, “The March of the White Guard,” in Tavistock Tales, New York: Tait Sons & Co., p. 27,^[3]

     Gaspé Toujours is drinking a basin of tea, and Jeff Hyde is fitfully dozing by the fire.
3. A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
4. (geography) An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.
5. (geography) 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.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• basin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Basin in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Further reading

• “basin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “basin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Verb

basin (third-person singular simple present basins, present participle (US) basining or basinning, simple past and past participle (US) basined or basinned)

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

Anagrams

• Bains, Bians, IBANs, Ibans, Nabis, Sabin, bains, nabis, naibs, nisab, nisba, sabin

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈba.zin]

Verb

basin

1. inflection of basar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasin/ [ˈba.s̪ɪn̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sin

Adverb

básin (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. maybe

   Synonyms: tingali, seguro

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bombasin, ultimately from Medieval Latin bombyx, bambax, from Ancient Greek πάμβαξ (pámbax, “cotton”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.zɛ̃/

Noun

basin m (plural basins)

1. (textiles, historical) bombasine

Further reading

• “basin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bains

Hiligaynon

Noun

basín

1. toilet

Keley-I Kallahan

Noun

basin

1. (anatomy) kidney

Middle English

Noun

basin

1. Alternative form of basyn

Romanian

Noun

basin n (plural basinuri)

1. Obsolete form of bazin.

Declension

References

• basin in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Volapük

Noun

basin (nominative plural basins)

1. basin
2. water basin

Declension