Definition of basin

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Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake..

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Bason :: Bason (n.) A basin.
Debasing :: Debasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Debas.
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..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
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..
Pan :: Pan (n.) A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud..
Lecanomancy :: Lecanomancy (n.) divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought..
Rim :: Rim (n.) The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin..
Labrum :: Labrum (n.) A lip or edge, as of a basin..
Abasing :: Abasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abas.
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..
Laver :: Laver (n.) A vessel for washing; a large basin.
Tank :: Tank (n.) A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay..
Font :: Font (n.) A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing.
Piscina :: Piscina (n.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels..
Basin :: 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..
Lavatory :: Lavatory (n.) A basin or other vessel for washing in.
Park :: Park (n.) A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
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..
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