basin

(Anglais)

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.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbeɪs(ə)n/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: basyn

In summary

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

Concepts

bassin

bassine

cuvette

bol

en terre cuite

lavabo

jatte

écuelle

baignoire

🛀

plat

poêle

pot

réservoir

saladier

vallée

bassin fluvial

porte-bagages

tub

bassin synclinal

bassin versant

Bassin versant

conche

basin

bassin de drainage

bassin hydrographique

cabinet

citerne

divination

mug

plaine

Synonymes

bowl

tub

sink

reservoir

washbasin

pool

pot

pelvis

basinful

washbowl

washstand

depression

pond

tank

watershed

pit

catchment area

drainage basin

lavatory

dish

river basin

catchment basin

large bowl

drainage area

dock

vessel

wide

loch

shallow

lake

cup

hollow

vat

holler

handbasin

container

gulf

goblet

cistern

brainpan

glen

flowerpot

plate

field

fallout

bathtub

🛁

plain

pitcher

ewer

casserole

Traductions

Becken

bacino

bacia

cuenca

kom

bekken

tigela

vont

Schale

conca

Schüssel

λεκάνη

catino

bol

Waschbecken