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Meaning
Noun
●
A
wide
bowl
for
washing
, sometimes
affixed
to a wall.
●
A
shallow
bowl
used for a
single
serving
of a
drink
or
liquidy
food.
●
A
depression
, natural or
artificial
,
containing
water.
●
In Geography:
An area of
land
from which water
drains
into a common
outlet
;
drainage
basin.
●
In Geography:
A
shallow
depression
in a
rock formation
, such as an area of down-folded
rock
that has
accumulated
a
thick
layer
of
sediments
, or an area
scooped
out by water erosion.
Verb
●
To create a
concavity
or
depression
in.
●
To
serve
as or become a basin.
●
To
shelter
or
enclose
in a basin.
Name
●
A
census-designated place
in Jefferson County, Montana
●
A
town
, the
county seat
of Big Horn County, Wyoming
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Origin
basin
English
basin
Middle English (1100-1500)
bacin
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
baccinum
Latin
bacca
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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Reservoir
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Estuary
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Aquifer
Valley
Lagoon
Watershed
Catchment
Pond
Creek
Waterway
Canal
Region
Cistern
Canyon
Dam
Glacier
Bay
Plain
Zone
Wetland
Lakes
Floodplain
Shoreline
Area
Groundwater
Peninsula
Seabed
Ocean
Rivers
Tank
Plains
Ponds
Tributary
Plateau
Reservoirs
Catchments
Watersheds
Sediment
Province
Delta
Pit
Caldera
Streambed
Desert
Coast
Riverbed
Ridge
District
Inlet
Graben
Station
Cinder Cone
Sump Pit
Abyssal Plain
Catchment Area
Body Of Water
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Rhymes
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Basin
Mason
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Hasten
Diapason
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