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Basin

noun

A bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids.

The quantity that a basin will hold. Synonym: basinful.

A natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it.

The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet. Synonyms: catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed.

A bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face. Synonyms: lavatory, washbasin, washbowl, washstand.

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"Basin" Quotes from Famous Books

... lay like a toy city at the bottom of a basin. Its wooden houses, each placed neatly in the middle of a little garden-plot, had been painted brightly for the delight of the children. There were whole streets of wooden shops, with verandahs in front of them to shade the real imported goods in their windows; and ...

— The Tale of Timber Town • Alfred Grace

... Praise of Chimney Sweepers, "if thou meetest one of these small gentry in thy early rambles, it is good to give him a penny—it is better to give him a twopence." And then Lamb describes the choice and fragrant drink, Saloop, the delight of the sweep, a basin of which together with a slice of delicate bread and butter will cost but a twopence. As we read the description we have no hesitancy in believing that the "unpennied sweep" frequently became a pennied sweep after the gentle Elia had ...

— Stories of Authors, British and American • Edwin Watts Chubb

... handkerchief and a basin," he replied coolly, still fingering a sharp lancet. "You are not afraid? Good girl; ...

— Idle Hour Stories • Eugenia Dunlap Potts

... of neat hands and considerate art was visible about this blessed fountain. An open cistern, hewn and hollowed out of solid stone, was placed above the waters, which filled it to the brim, but by some invisible outlet were conveyed away without dripping down its sides. Though the basin had not room for another drop, and the continual gush of water made a tremor on the surface, there was a secret charm that forbade it to overflow. I remember, that when I had slaked my summer thirst, and sat panting by the cistern, it was my fanciful theory that Nature could not afford ...

— The Snow Image • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... his mission. While he was doing so the Grand Duke strolled to the basin and began to remove his make-up. He favoured, when on the stage, a touch of the Raven Gipsy No. 3 grease-paint. It added a picturesque swarthiness to his appearance, and made him look more like what he felt to be the popular ...

— The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England - A Tale of the Great Invasion • P. G. Wodehouse

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