Basin
['beɪs(ə)n] or ['besn]
Definition
(noun.) a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; 'she mixed the dough in a large basin'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) the quantity that a basin will hold; 'a basinful of water'.
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Definition
(n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.
(n.) The quantity contained in a 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.
(n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.
(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.
(n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.
(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.
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Definition
n. a wide open vessel or dish: any hollow place containing water as a dock: the area drained by a river and its tributaries.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
For a young woman to dream of bathing in a basin, foretells her womanly graces will win her real friendships and elevations.
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Examples
- Anselmo came out of the mouth of the cave with a deep stone basin full of red wine and with his fingers through the handles of three cups. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In about an hour they returned and reported deep water through the passage as well as far into the little basin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Back I went to my hotel, put my head in a basin of cold water, and tried to think it out. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Though at first confined to a length of 800 feet, the slide extended to include the entire basin south of Gold Hill, or a length of about 3,000 feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Here he was taken off his legs, and in swimming was carried round into the centre of the basin, where he perceived Wildeve struggling. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The major spoke to an orderly who went out of sight in the back and came back with a metal basin of cold cooked macaroni. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They are generally sunk in valley plains and districts where the formation of the ground is such that that below the surface is bent into basin-shaped curves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They had no knowledge of geography beyond the range of the Mediterranean basin and the frontiers of Persia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A more pronounced illustration is to wet the hands in a basin of water, and then plunge them in the blast of hot, dry air coming from a furnace register. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- And she ran upstairs to the plate-closet, and presently brought down teapot, cream-ewer, and sugar-basin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The ball is set in a basin of mercury, where it floats. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As she spoke, she drained the basin into the ashes of the fire, and broke the bottle on the hearth. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I took off my tunic and shirt and washed in the cold water in the basin. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Aymo had a basin of spaghetti with onions and tinned meat chopped up in it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- All fresh water basins, taken together, make a small area compared with that of the sea or of the land. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- These fishes are reared by the Chinese in small ponds, in basins or porcelain vessels, and kept for ornament. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- From these basins the water is continually exhaled by the sun in the daytime, which effectually prevents their overflowing. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I looked at the board tables, the instruments shining in the light, the basins and the stoppered bottles. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Ringwood) passes reeling by, holding six basins. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The waters of the Mediterranean and of our own Great Salt Lake are led into shallow basins, where, after evaporation by the heat of the sun, they leave a residue of salt. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- All these limestone upper basins must be full of caves, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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