basin

== 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) A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall. Synonym: sink (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. A depression, natural or artificial, containing water. (geography) An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin. (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. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “basin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Verb === basin (third-person singular simple present basins, present participle basining or (rare) basinning, simple past and past participle basined or (rare) basinned) To create a concavity or depression in. To serve as or become a basin. 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 inflection of basar: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative == Cebuano == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbasin/ [ˈba.s̪ɪn̪] Hyphenation: ba‧sin === Adverb === básin (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐᜒᜈ᜔) 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) (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 toilet == Keley-I Kallahan == === Noun === basin (anatomy) kidney == Middle English == === Noun === basin alternative form of basyn == Romanian == === Noun === basin n (plural basinuri) 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 (genitive basina, plural basins) basin water basin ==== Declension ====