Meaning

6 senses
  1. A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

    Becken, Waschbecken

    тазtaz, умыва́льникumyválʹnik

    тазtaz

  2. A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.

    a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it

  3. An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.

    Einzugsgebiet, Einzugsbecken

    бассе́йнbasséjn, резервуа́рrezervuár

    басе́йнbaséjn

  4. 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.

    бассе́йнbasséjn, котлова́нkotlován, резервуа́рrezervuár

    басе́йнbaséjn

  5. An enclosed or sheltered area of water where boats are moored, often equipped with piers, wharves, or docks.

  6. (obsolete)A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food.

    1893, Gilbert Parker, “The March of the White Guard,” in Tavistock Tales, New York: Tait Sons & Co., p. 27, Gaspé Toujours is drinking a basin of tea, and Jeff Hyde is fitfully dozing by the fire.

    Schüssel

    a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids

Examples

33 sentences
  1. She poured water into the basin.

    ruОна налила воды в раковину.

    deSie schüttete Wasser in das Becken.

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  2. Tom poured water into the basin.

    ruТом налил воды в раковину.

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  3. The water in the basin has frozen solid.

    ruВода в раковине превратилась в лёд.

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  4. Yanni bought a new basin mixer.

    ruЯнни купил новый смеситель для раковины.

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  5. He is making the basin leak.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
wide bowl for washing:
area of land that drains into a common outlet:
Русский
By meaning 3
wide bowl for washing:
area of land that drains into a common outlet:
rock formation scooped out by water erosion:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
wide bowl for washing:
shallow bowl for a single serving:
area of land that drains into a common outlet:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: basins
Singularbasin
Pluralbasins

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

35 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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