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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Pan :: Pan (n.) A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud..
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,.
Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses..
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..
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins..
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..
Foyer :: Foyer (n.) The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
Basinet :: Basinet (n.) Same as Bascinet.
Labrum :: Labrum (n.) A lip or edge, as of a basin..
Dejection :: Dejection (n.) The act of humbling or abasing one's self.
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..
Basined :: Basined (a.) Inclosed in a basin.
Abasing :: Abasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abas.
Bason :: Bason (n.) A basin.
Basin :: Basin (n.) The quantity contained in a basin.
Abasement :: Abasement (n.) The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation..
Laver :: Laver (n.) A vessel for washing; a large basin.
Stour :: Stoup (n.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup..
Gastornis :: Gastornis (n.) A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin.
Debasement :: Debasement (n.) The act of debasing or the state of being debased.
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