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the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water"

a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face"

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 quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water"

a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face"

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"

A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.

The quantity contained in a basin.

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.

A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.

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.

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

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.

A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.

The quantity contained in a basin.

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.

A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.

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.

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

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.

A round, wide vessel for holding water or other liquid; the quantity such a vessel will hold; a pond, or dock, or other reservoir for water; the land drained by a river and its tributaries.

1. A circular dish, wider than deep, with sloping bottom. 2. The pelvis. 3. The third ventricle of the brain.

A wide open vessel or dish: any hollow place containing water, as a dock: the area drained by a river and its tributaries.

A wide, open vessel; a dock; a pond.

A shallow vessel, with sloping sides; any similar cavity; a pond; dock; hollow.

A circular hollow vessel for containing water, &c.; a pond; a bay; a dock; the district of country drained by a river.

The pelvis.

A shallow vessel wider than deep and with sloping sides.

The third ventricle of the brain. [Old Fr.]

n. [French] A hollow vessel to hold water for washing, and other uses; - any hollow place containing water :-a circular or oval valley;-the entire tract of country drained by a river; pond; dock; reservoir.

A small vessel to hold water for washing, or other uses; a small pond; a part of the sea inclosed in rocks; any hollow place capacious of liquids; a dock for repairing and building ships; Basins of a Balance, the same with the scales.