basin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A large round bowl used for holding water, especially for washing.

   She filled the basin with warm water to wash her face.

2. 2
   noun

   A low area of land, often with water collecting in it.

   The river floods the whole basin every spring.

3. 3
   noun

   The whole area of land from which water drains into one river or lake.

   The Amazon basin is home to thousands of species.

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *baskis Gaulish *baskisder. Vulgar Latin bacca Vulgar Latin *baccinum Old French bacinbor. Middle English basyn English basin From Middle English basyn, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”).

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