basin

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

basin

bowl

tub

sink

pool

reservoir

washbasin

pelvis

pot

basinful

depression

pond

washbowl

washstand

catchment area

pit

tank

river basin

lavatory

drainage basin

watershed

dish

hollow

vat

lake

loch

vessel

catchment basin

drainage area

large bowl

dock

cup

shallow

wide

brainpan

crown

flowerpot

ewer

goblet

jar

pitcher

water pitcher

swamp

puddle

shallow lake

well

wide and deep dish

enameled bowl

enameled basin

enamelware

low land

low plain

lowland

plain

cistern

receptacle

water tank

expanse of water

ocean

sea

waters

container

water reservoir

preserving pan

wash-basin

wash-hand-basin

bowl-shaped vessel

baling-vessel

bucket

tureen

piscina

receiver

bathtub

bay

gulf

lap

sinus

trick

vagina

boiler

pouring bush

pouring cup

runner basin

runner bush

runner cup

sprue cup

shipyard

naval tank

baggage

divination

cream of millet

washing-up bowl

plate

tray

can

kettle

swimming pool

trough

porringer

fallout

bowlful

glen

holler

handbasin

deep

casserole

mold

mould

large pan

valley

field

catchment

small bowl

liquids

brick

artificial lake

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈbeɪs(ə)n/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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