basin
1. a bowl-shaped vessel;
usually used for holding food or liquids (Freq. 2)
- she mixed the dough in a large basin
• Hypernyms:
vessel
• Hyponyms:
aspersorium, baptismal font, baptistry, baptistery, font,
bidet, birdbath, emesis basin, laver, stoup, stoop,
washbasin, handbasin, washbowl, lavabo, wash-hand basin
2. the quantity that a basin will hold
- a basinful of water
• Syn:
basinful
• Hypernyms:
containerful
3. 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
• Hypernyms:
natural depression, depression
• Hyponyms:
cirque, corrie, cwm, saltpan, tidal basin
4. 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
• Syn:
river basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area
• Hypernyms:
geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
• Hyponyms:
detention basin, retention basin
5. 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
• Syn:
washbasin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory
• Hypernyms:
sink
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