name
Meaning 1
A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Montana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
basin
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: bā'sən
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UK, US: /ˈbeɪsɪn/
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UK, US: /-ən/
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UK, US: [-n̩]
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rhymes with -eɪsən
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homophone: besan
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CMU ARPABET: B EY1 S AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A town, the county seat of Big Horn County, Wyoming.
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noun
Meaning 3
A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sink
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- 1893, Gilbert Parker, “The March of the White Guard,” in Tavistock Tales, New York: Tait Sons & Co., p. 27, Gaspé Toujours is drinking a basin of tea, and Jeff Hyde is fitfully dozing by the fire.
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noun
Meaning 5
A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
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noun
Meaning 6
An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
An enclosed or sheltered area of water where boats are moored, often equipped with piers, wharves, or docks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 9
To create a concavity or depression in.
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verb
Meaning 10
To serve as or become a basin.
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verb
Meaning 11
To shelter or enclose in a basin.
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noun
Meaning 12
a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she mixed the dough in a large basin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vessel
Narrower terms: aspersorium, baptismal font, baptistry, baptistery, font, bidet, birdbath, emesis basin, laver, stoup, stoop, washbasin, handbasin, washbowl, lavabo, wash-hand basin
noun
Meaning 13
a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: washbasin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sink
noun
Meaning 14
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- flood control in the Missouri basin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: river basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
Narrower terms: detention basin, retention basin
noun
Meaning 15
a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the basin of the Great Salt Lake
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural depression, depression
Narrower terms: cirque, corrie, cwm, saltpan, tidal basin
noun
Meaning 16
the quantity that a basin will hold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a basinful of water
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: basinful
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: containerful
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *baskis Gaulish *baskisder. Latin bacca Vulgar Latin *baccinum Old French bacinbor. Middle English basyn English basin From Middle English basyn, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”).
Across languages
Translations
222 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: bak — wide bowl for washing
- Southern Altai: табак (tabak) — wide bowl for washing
- Southern Altai: тас (tas) — wide bowl for washing
- Arabic: طَشْت (ṭašt) — wide bowl for washing
- Arabic: حوض (ḥōḍ) — wide bowl for washing
- Armenian: կոնք (konkʻ) — wide bowl for washing
- Basque: arroa — wide bowl for washing
- Breton: basin — wide bowl for washing
- Bulgarian: умива́лник (umiválnik) — wide bowl for washing
- Carpathian Rusyn: лавор (lavor) — wide bowl for washing
- Catalan: pica — wide bowl for washing
- Chichewa: beseni — wide bowl for washing
- Chinese Mandarin: 洗滌槽 /洗涤槽 (xǐdícáo) — wide bowl for washing
- Coptic: ⲙⲉⲣⲁⲛ (meran) — wide bowl for washing
- Czech: umyvadlo — wide bowl for washing
- Danish: bassin — wide bowl for washing
- Dutch: bassin — wide bowl for washing
- Esperanto: pelvo — wide bowl for washing
- Esperanto: lavabo — wide bowl for washing
- Esperanto: baseno — wide bowl for washing
- Esperanto: lavujo — wide bowl for washing
- Finnish: pesuallas — wide bowl for washing
- Finnish: pesuvati — wide bowl for washing
- Finnish: allas — wide bowl for washing
- French: cuvette — wide bowl for washing
- French: bassine — wide bowl for washing
- French: lavabo — wide bowl for washing
- Galician: bacía — wide bowl for washing
- Galician: pía — wide bowl for washing
- Georgian: აუზი (auzi) — wide bowl for washing
- German: Becken — wide bowl for washing
- German: Waschbecken — wide bowl for washing
- Greek: νιπτήρας (niptíras) — wide bowl for washing
- Ancient Greek: νιπτήρ (niptḗr) — wide bowl for washing
- Haitian Creole: basin — wide bowl for washing
- Haitian Creole: basen — wide bowl for washing
- Hebrew: אַגָּן (agán) — wide bowl for washing
- Ido: baseno — wide bowl for washing
- Indonesian: wastafel — wide bowl for washing
- Irish: báisín — wide bowl for washing
- Italian: lavandino — wide bowl for washing
- Italian: lavabo — wide bowl for washing
- Italian: bacinella — wide bowl for washing
- Italian: lavacro — wide bowl for washing
- Italian: lavello — wide bowl for washing
- Japanese: 盥 (tarai) — wide bowl for washing
- Kazakh: леген (legen) — wide bowl for washing
- Kazakh: ләген (lägen) — wide bowl for washing
- Kazakh: шылапшын (şylapşyn) — wide bowl for washing
- Kazakh: кірлен (kırlen) — wide bowl for washing
- Kazakh: ләгөн (lägön) — wide bowl for washing
- Kazakh: жам (jam) — wide bowl for washing
- Kazakh: шіләужін (şıläujın) — wide bowl for washing
- Kazakh: самар (samar) — wide bowl for washing
- Kazakh: дағара (dağara) — wide bowl for washing
- Khmer: អាងលាងសំអាត (ʼaang liəng sɑmʼaat) — wide bowl for washing
- Korean: 대야 (daeya) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: миска (miska) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: табак (tabak) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: тепши (tepşi) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: бассейн (basseyn) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: раковина (rakovina) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: көлмө (kölmö) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: резервуар (rezervuar) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: ванна (vanna) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: таз (taz) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: дагара (dagara) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: илеген (ilegen) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: чылапчын (cılapcın) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: кудукча (kudukca) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: кудук (kuduk) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: кювета (kyuveta) — wide bowl for washing
- Kyrgyz: котловина (kotlovina) — wide bowl for washing
- Lao: ຊາມ (sām) — wide bowl for washing
- Latin: alveus — wide bowl for washing
- Latin: lābrum — wide bowl for washing
- Latin: pelvis — wide bowl for washing
- Latvian: bļoda — wide bowl for washing
- Luhya: ekarai — wide bowl for washing
- Luhya: ebeseni — wide bowl for washing
- Macedonian: мијалник (mijalnik) — wide bowl for washing
- Macedonian: лавабо́ (lavabó) — wide bowl for washing
- Malay: besen — wide bowl for washing
- Māori: peihana — wide bowl for washing
- Meru: karai — wide bowl for washing
- Middle English: basyn — wide bowl for washing
- Norman: bachîn — wide bowl for washing
- Norwegian: servant — wide bowl for washing
- Norwegian: vaskekum — wide bowl for washing
- Norwegian: balje — wide bowl for washing
- Old English: ċēac — wide bowl for washing
- Persian: لگن (lagan) — wide bowl for washing
- Persian: تشت (tašt) — wide bowl for washing
- Persian: لانجین (lânjin) — wide bowl for washing
- Polish: umywalka — wide bowl for washing
- Portuguese: bacia — wide bowl for washing
- Portuguese: pia — wide bowl for washing
- Romanian: chiuvetă — wide bowl for washing
- Russian: таз (taz) — wide bowl for washing
- Russian: умыва́льник (umyválʹnik) — wide bowl for washing
- Scottish Gaelic: amar — wide bowl for washing
- Spanish: pileta — wide bowl for washing
- Spanish: lavabo — wide bowl for washing
- Spanish: lavamanos — wide bowl for washing
- Spanish: jofaina — wide bowl for washing
- Spanish: palangana — wide bowl for washing
- Swahili: karai — wide bowl for washing
- Swahili: beseni — wide bowl for washing
- Swedish: tvättfat — wide bowl for washing
- Swedish: handfat — wide bowl for washing
- Tagalog: palanggana — wide bowl for washing
- Tagalog: lababo — wide bowl for washing
- Tamil: கிண்ணம் (kiṇṇam) — wide bowl for washing
- Tày: áng — wide bowl for washing
- Thai: อ่างล้างหน้า (àang-láang-nâa) — wide bowl for washing
- Thai: อ่าง (àang) — wide bowl for washing
- Tok Pisin: dis — wide bowl for washing
- Tok Pisin: plet — wide bowl for washing
- Turkish: tekne — wide bowl for washing
- Turkish: leğen — wide bowl for washing
- Ottoman Turkish: تكنه (tekne) — wide bowl for washing
- Ottoman Turkish: قورنه (kurna) — wide bowl for washing
- Ottoman Turkish: ستیل (sitil) — wide bowl for washing
- Turkmen: legen — wide bowl for washing
- Ugaritic: 𐎒𐎔𐎍 (spl) — wide bowl for washing
- Ukrainian: таз (taz) — wide bowl for washing
- Vietnamese: chảo — wide bowl for washing
- Yazghulami: тос (tos) — wide bowl for washing
- Yiddish: ביט (bit) — wide bowl for washing
- Yiddish: בעקן (bekn) — wide bowl for washing
- Czech: mísa — shallow bowl for a single serving
- Esperanto: bovlo — shallow bowl for a single serving
- Finnish: kulho — shallow bowl for a single serving
- German: Schüssel — shallow bowl for a single serving
- Hebrew: אַגָּן (agán) — shallow bowl for a single serving
- Māori: kāraha — shallow bowl for a single serving
- Ottoman Turkish: طاس (tas) — shallow bowl for a single serving
- Ottoman Turkish: كاسه (kâse) — shallow bowl for a single serving
- Esperanto: flako — depression containing water
- Finnish: allas — depression containing water
- Finnish: tekoallas — depression containing water
- Galician: pía — depression containing water
- Galician: bacía — depression containing water
- Hebrew: אַגָּן (agán) — depression containing water
- Tamil: குட்டை (kuṭṭai) — depression containing water
- Arabic: حوض (ḥawḍ) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Armenian: ավազան (avazan) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Azerbaijani: hövzə — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Basque: arro — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Breton: diazad — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Bulgarian: басе́йн (baséjn) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Catalan: conca — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Chinese Mandarin: 流域 (liúyù) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Crimean Tatar: basseyn — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Crimean Tatar: havza — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Czech: povodí — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Danish: afvandingsområde — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Dutch: stroomgebied — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Dutch: bekken — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Esperanto: baseno — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Esperanto: drenbaseno — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Estonian: valgla — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Estonian: valgala — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Finnish: allas — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Finnish: valuma-alue — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- French: bassin — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Galician: bacía — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- German: Einzugsgebiet — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- German: Einzugsbecken — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Greek: λεκάνη απορροής (lekáni aporroḯs) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Hebrew: אַגָּן (agán) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Icelandic: vatnasvið — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Ido: baseno — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Indonesian: cekungan — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Irish: duga — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Italian: bacino — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Italian: conca — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Japanese: 盆地 (bonchi) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Japanese: 流域 (ryūiki) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Kazakh: қазаншұңқыр (qazanşūñqyr) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Latvian: baseins — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Macedonian: слив (sliv) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Malay: lembangan — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Māori: riu — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Norwegian: nedbørfelt — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nedslagsfelt — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nedbørsfelt — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Polish: basen — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Portuguese: bacia — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Russian: бассе́йн (basséjn) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Russian: резервуа́р (rezervuár) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Scottish Gaelic: amar — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Southern Altai: бассейн (basseyn) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Spanish: cuenca — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Swedish: avrinningsområde — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Tamil: படுகை (paṭukai) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Tamil: நீர்ப்பிடிப்புப் பகுதி (nīrppiṭippup pakuti) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Turkish: havza — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Ukrainian: басе́йн (baséjn) — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Uzbek: havza — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Vietnamese: lưu vực — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Walloon: vås — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Walloon: bassén — area of land that drains into a common outlet
- Catalan: conca — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Finnish: allas — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- French: bassin — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Hungarian: medence — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Ido: baseno — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Indonesian: cekungan — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Irish: imchuach — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Italian: conca — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Japanese: 入り江 (irie) — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Russian: бассе́йн (basséjn) — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Russian: котлова́н (kotlován) — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Russian: резервуа́р (rezervuár) — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Russian: водоём (vodojóm) — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Scottish Gaelic: amar — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Southern Altai: тӱӱлген суу (tüülgen suu) — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Tamil: பாறைப் படுகை (pāṟaip paṭukai) — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Turkish: koy — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Ukrainian: басе́йн (baséjn) — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
- Vietnamese: bồn địa — rock formation scooped out by water erosion
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