a round open usu metal or ceramic vessel with a greater width than depth and sides that slope or curve inwards to the base, used typicallya rounded open fairly shallow container, used esp for holding water for washing
a bowl with a greater depth than width used esp for holding, mixing, or cooking food
the contents of a basin
a partly enclosed area of water providing shelter for ships; a dock
a dock built in a tidal river or harbour
a partly enclosed area of water providing shelter for ships
a depression in the surface of the land or ocean floor
the region drained by a river and its tributaries
an area of the earth in which the strata dip from the sides towards the centre
basinal adj
basined adj
basinful (pl basinfuls) noun
[Middle English via Old French from late Latin bacchinon]