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US
/ˈbeɪsən/
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[ UK /bˈeɪsən/ ]
[ UK /bˈeɪsən/ ]
NOUN
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a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
she mixed the dough in a large basin -
the quantity that a basin will hold
a basinful of water -
a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
the basin of the Great Salt Lake -
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet
flood control in the Missouri basin -
a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face
How To Use basin In A Sentence
- Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
- The blacksmith pounded an iron sheet out to a wash-basin.
- Spoon the mixture into a pudding basin and chill for at least two hours.
- The fact that these rocks were not supplying detritus to the sedimentary basin is consistent with the geological observation that they always appear covered by the younger deposits, with little or no discontinuity until the Devonian.
- Each evening, before retiring, the careful wife sees that a hocho, or kitchen knife, is laid upon the kitchen floor, and covered with a kanadarai, or brazen wash - basin, on the upturned bottom of which is placed a single straw sandal, of the noiseless sort called zori, also turned upside down. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series
- on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?
- Human activities, such as land-use change, water storage, interbasin transfers, and irrigation and drainage, influence the hydrological cycle in many river basins (see Chapter 4) [165]. Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6
- We should be basing our decisions on solid facts, not inclinations and hunches.
- In addition, a huge thickness of foredeep clastic rock in southern foreland basin is a favorable place of exploration of deep-basin gas and carbon dioxide gas pools.
- The Brushy Basin sediments contain numerous chalcedony pseudomorph-after-barite concretions that range to more than 30 cm in diameter.