basin

(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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈbeɪs(ə)n/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: basyn

In summary

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

Concepten

kom

bekken

vont

bassin

stroomgebied

schaal

🐚

vijver

bowl

keteldal

havenkom

mok

watervat

bal

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

bassin

Becken

bacino

bassine

cuvette

bacia

cuenca

bol

tigela

lavabo

Schale

en terre cuite

conca

Schüssel

λεκάνη