Definition of basin

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Basin (n.) A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc..

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Tank :: Tank (n.) A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
Basin :: Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river..
Catch-basin :: Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer..
Debasingly :: Debasingly (adv.) In a manner to debase.
Bason :: Bason (n.) A basin.
Washbowl :: Washbowl (n.) A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc..
Basing :: Basing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bas.
Basinet :: Basinet (n.) Same as Bascinet.
Pan :: Pan (n.) A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud..
Dock :: Dock (n.) An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide..
Gastornis :: Gastornis (n.) A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin.
Thinolite :: Thinolite (n.) A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada..
Font :: Font (n.) A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing.
Aspersorium :: Aspersorium (n.) The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches..
Watershed :: Watershed (n.) The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into them; the natural boundary of a basin.
Continent :: Continent (a.) One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America..
Laver :: Laver (n.) A vessel for washing; a large basin.
Basin :: Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields..
Foyer :: Foyer (n.) The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
Lavatory :: Lavatory (n.) A basin or other vessel for washing in.
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