basin

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Becken

Schale

Schüssel

Waschbecken

Bassin

Mulde

Stromgebiet

Bowle

Napf

Lavabo

Satte

Wasserbecken

Wasserbehälter

Topf

Einzugsgebiet

Flussgebiet

Tal

Landsenke

Tiefland

Meeresbecken

Badewanne

Wanne

Kessel

Talkessel

Trinkschale

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈbeɪs(ə)n/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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