basin

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.
2. (obsolete) A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food.
3. A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
4. An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.
5. 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

1. To create a concavity or depression in.
2. To serve as or become a basin.
3. To shelter or enclose in a basin.

Sinonieme

bowl

tub

sink

washbasin

reservoir

pool

pot

pelvis

basinful

depression

washstand

washbowl

pond

watershed

dish

river basin

drainage basin

tank

pit

catchment area

lavatory

cup

dock

vat

vessel

shallow

large bowl

loch

drainage area

lake

wide

hollow

catchment basin

plate

porringer

puddle

receiver

receptacle

sea

🌊

shipyard

sinus

swamp

swimming pool

tray

trick

trough

tureen

vagina

valley

wash-basin

water pitcher

water reservoir

waters

water tank

well

artificial lake

bowlful

enamelware

large pan

washing-up bowl

small bowl

piscina

wash-hand-basin

enameled basin

enameled bowl

expanse of water

low land

low plain

shallow lake

wide and deep dish

preserving pan

baling-vessel

bowl-shaped vessel

pouring cup

sprue cup

runner bush

runner basin

runner cup

pouring bush

naval tank

cream of millet

baggage

catchment

bathtub

🛁

bay

boiler

brainpan

brick

bucket

🪣

can

casserole

cistern

container

crown

👑

deep

divination

ewer

fallout

field

flowerpot

glen

goblet

gulf

handbasin

holler

jar

🫙

kettle

lap

liquids

lowland

mold

mould

ocean

🌊

pitcher

plain

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbeɪs(ə)n/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English basyn, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”).