basin
pronunciation
How to pronounce basin in British English:
UK [ˈbeɪsn]
How to pronounce basin in American English:
US [ˈbeɪsn]
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- Noun:
- a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
- the quantity that a basin will hold
- a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
- the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries
- a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face
Word Origin
- basin
- basin: [13] Basin comes via Old French bacin from medieval Latin *bacchinus, a derivative of Vulgar Latin *bacca ‘water vessel’, which may originally have been borrowed from Gaulish. The Old French diminutive bacinet produced English basinet ‘helmet’ [14] and, with a modification of the spelling, bassinette ‘cradle’ [19], which was originally applied in French to any vaguely basin-shaped object.=> basinet, bassinette
- basin (n.)
- "large shallow vessel or dish," c. 1200, from Old French bacin (11c., Modern French bassin), from Vulgar Latin *baccinum, from *bacca "water vessel," perhaps originally Gaulish. Meaning "large-scale artificial water-holding landscape feature" is from 1712. Geological sense of "tract of country drained by one river or draining into one sea" is from 1830.
Example
- 1. Production from the prolific sirte basin is less certain .
- 2. It provides massive amounts of hydroelectricity to the yangzi basin .
- 3. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel .
- 4. The basin had reached the first floor .
- 5. They are present in great basin as well .