basin

noun

ba·sin ˈbā-sᵊn How to pronounce basin (audio)

: an open usually circular vessel with sloping or curving sides used typically for holding water for washing

a new washstand and basin

chiefly British : a bowl used especially in cooking

: the quantity contained in a basin

spilled a basin of water on the floor

: a dock built in a harbor or a river that is noticeably affected by the tide

: an enclosed or partly enclosed water area

geography

: a large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor

the relatively shallow basin of the Baltic Sea

: the entire tract of country drained by a river and its tributaries

flooding in the Amazon river basin

: a great depression in the surface of the lithosphere occupied by an ocean

geology : a broad area of the earth beneath which the strata (see stratum sense 2a) dip usually from the sides toward the center

basinal

ˈbā-sᵊn-əl How to pronounce basin (audio)

adjective

basined

ˈbā-sᵊnd

adjective

basinful

ˈbā-sᵊn-ˌfu̇l How to pronounce basin (audio)

noun

Example Sentences

a basin of cold water the drainage basin of a river the Great Basin of the western U.S.

Recent Examples on the Web An additional 15% is pumped out of the basin, primarily to supply the Wasatch Front.

Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 Researchers also looked at climate change’s influence on the whole monsoon season — a 60-day period between June and September — in the much larger area of the Indus River basin.

Eric Rosen, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2022 The levels in the nation’s largest freshwater reservoir, Lake Mead, behind the Hoover Dam and a fulcrum of the Colorado River basin, have dropped to around 25% of capacity.

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2022 The destruction is so vast now that the eastern Amazon, just east of Xingu basin, has ceased to be a carbon sink, or absorber, for the Earth and has converted into a carbon source, according to a study published in 2021 in the journal Nature.

Fabiano Maisonnave, ajc, 24 Aug. 2022 Residents of the Colorado River basin are in the throes of a historic, 23-year drought exacerbated by climate change.

Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2022 But while the current rainfall is easing some of the short-term drought impacts, 90% of the Colorado River basin is still in drought, and years of deficient rain and snow have set up the current water shortage.

Brandon Miller, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022 Once the pillow is thoroughly saturated, lift it out of the basin and squeeze out the soapy water.

Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2022 The storm systems battering Reno have thus far been east of the Lake Tahoe basin, Richards said, but even heavier rain has found Markleeville, south of Tahoe on Highway 89.

Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2022 See More

单词	basin
释义	basin noun ba·sin ˈbā-sᵊn 1 a : an open usually circular vessel with sloping or curving sides used typically for holding water for washing a new washstand and basin b chiefly British : a bowl used especially in cooking c : the quantity contained in a basin spilled a basin of water on the floor 2 a : a dock built in a harbor or a river that is noticeably affected by the tide b : an enclosed or partly enclosed water area 3 geography a : a large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor the relatively shallow basin of the Baltic Sea b : the entire tract of country drained by a river and its tributaries flooding in the Amazon river basin c : a great depression in the surface of the lithosphere occupied by an ocean 4 geology : a broad area of the earth beneath which the strata (see stratum sense 2a) dip usually from the sides toward the center basinal ˈbā-sᵊn-əl adjective basined ˈbā-sᵊnd adjective basinful ˈbā-sᵊn-ˌfu̇l noun Example Sentences a basin of cold water the drainage basin of a river the Great Basin of the western U.S. Recent Examples on the Web An additional 15% is pumped out of the basin, primarily to supply the Wasatch Front. Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 Researchers also looked at climate change’s influence on the whole monsoon season — a 60-day period between June and September — in the much larger area of the Indus River basin. Eric Rosen, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2022 The levels in the nation’s largest freshwater reservoir, Lake Mead, behind the Hoover Dam and a fulcrum of the Colorado River basin, have dropped to around 25% of capacity. Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2022 The destruction is so vast now that the eastern Amazon, just east of Xingu basin, has ceased to be a carbon sink, or absorber, for the Earth and has converted into a carbon source, according to a study published in 2021 in the journal Nature. Fabiano Maisonnave, ajc, 24 Aug. 2022 Residents of the Colorado River basin are in the throes of a historic, 23-year drought exacerbated by climate change. Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2022 But while the current rainfall is easing some of the short-term drought impacts, 90% of the Colorado River basin is still in drought, and years of deficient rain and snow have set up the current water shortage. Brandon Miller, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022 Once the pillow is thoroughly saturated, lift it out of the basin and squeeze out the soapy water. Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2022 The storm systems battering Reno have thus far been east of the Lake Tahoe basin, Richards said, but even heavier rain has found Markleeville, south of Tahoe on Highway 89. Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French bacin, going back to Vulgar Latin baccīnum (whence Hellenized Late Latin bacchinon* "disk with two wooden dishes"), derivative from a base bak- or bakk- (whence Latin bacar, bacriō "kind of vessel," early Medieval Latin bacarium, baccarium, becario "pitcher, vessel"), of obscure origin First Known Use 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing basin slop basin sub-basin inter-basin slop basin sub-basin inter-basin Kids Definition basin noun ba·sin ˈbā-sᵊn 1 : a wide shallow usually round dish or bowl for holding liquids 2 : the amount that a basin holds a basin of cold water 3 : the land drained by a river and its branches 4 : a partly enclosed area of water for anchoring ships Medical Definition basin noun ba·sin ˈbās-ᵊn 1 : an open usually circular vessel with sloping or curving sides used typically for holding water for washing 2 : the quantity contained in a basin basin noun 1 as in bowl a large circular container used especially for holding water for washing They washed their clothes in a basin. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance bowl tub bottle bucket basket container kettle jar receptacle jug pail pitcher pot vessel crate holder box pack bag vat keg casket trunk locker bin kit cooler chest pocket carrier sack cartridge can warmer hamper case caddy carton handbasket 2 as in valley a depressed or sunken area of land The animals drank from a shallow basin surrounded by grasslands. Synonyms & Similar Words valley pit ravine gorge canyon bowl trough cavern cavity cave hole furrow burrow trench gulch gully gutter hollow concavity ditch gulley rift valley depression excavation alcove glen abyss recess combe crater indentation dent vacuum well gulf cañon chasm borehole groove dell dingle dint coomb sinkhole coombe kloof void indenture cleft pothole vacuity nook water hole socket wallow opening pocket niche posthole chuckhole alveolus gouge dimple impression imprint notch Antonyms & Near Antonyms hill mound rise swelling tumor swell hump projection lump bump convexity protrusion bulge bunch protuberance pimple camber jut See More
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