Definition of basin

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Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay..

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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..
Gastornis :: Gastornis (n.) A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin.
Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay..
Fountain :: Fountain (n.) An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament..
Atlantic :: Atlantic (a.) Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph..
Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses..
Basin :: Basin (n.) The quantity contained in a basin.
Posnet :: Posnet (n.) A little basin; a porringer; a skillet.
Washbowl :: Washbowl (n.) A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
Tank :: Tank (n.) A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
Self-abasing :: Self-abasing (a.) Lowering or humbling one's self.
Foyer :: Foyer (n.) The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
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..
Aspersorium :: Aspersorium (n.) The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches..
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..
Basined :: Basined (a.) Inclosed in a basin.
Bay Salt :: Bay salt () Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce..
Debasing :: Debasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Debas.
Park :: Park (n.) A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
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