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Basin

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ba·sin / ˈbāsən/ • n. 1. a bowl for washing, typically attached to a wall and having faucets connected to a water supply; a washbasin. 2. a wide, round open container, esp. one used for holding liquid. 3. a natural depression on the earth's surface, typically containing water: the Indian Ocean basin. ∎  the tract of country that is drained by a river and its tributaries or drains into a lake or sea: the Amazon basin a drainage basin. ∎  an enclosed area of water where vessels can be moored: a yacht basin. DERIVATIVES: ba·sin·ful / -ˌfoŏl/ n.

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A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

basin Half of the blood of animals sacrificed as burnt offerings was poured into basins and Moses dashed it over the people (Exod. 24: 8). Basins (NRSV) were large bowls used for the service of the altar in the tent of meeting (Num. 4: 14).
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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

basin
1. Depression, usually of considerable size, which may be erosional or structural in origin. The converse of a dome.

2. See PERICLINE.
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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

basin.
1. Bowl for the water in a fountain, or an artificial pool fed by cascades or fountains.

2. Large ornamental pond.
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A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

basin A depression, usually of considerable size, which may be erosional or structural in origin.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

basin XIII. — OF. bacin (mod. bassin) :- medL. bacinus, perh. of Celt. orig.
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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

basin n. an enclosed area of water where vessels can be moored: a yacht basin.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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