basin

B1 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈbeɪsən/ UK /ˈbeɪs(ə)n/ See IPA manual

Freq #13174

Meanings

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

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

The river floods the whole basin every spring.
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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a large round bowl used for... sink

3 noun · the whole area of land from... drainage basin

Word family

Forms basins

Derived forms basinalbasinfulbasinlessbasinlikebasinwardbasinwidecatch-basinhandbasininterbasinintrabasinmacrobasinmetabasin

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Phrases (1)

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retention basin
a constructed basin that stores collected water rather than immediately releasing it downstream

Noun + noun

Etymology

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”).

basyn Middle English bacin Old French *baccinum la-vul

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# basin

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbeɪsən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbeɪs(ə)n/
**Frequency rank:** 13174

## Meanings
1. A large round bowl used for holding water, especially for washing.
2. A low area of land, often with water collecting in it.
3. The whole area of land from which water drains into one river or lake.

## Examples
- She filled the basin with warm water to wash her face.
- The river floods the whole basin every spring.
- The Amazon basin is home to thousands of species.

## Derived Forms
- basinal
- basinful
- basinless
- basinlike
- basinward
- basinwide
- catch-basin
- handbasin
- interbasin
- intrabasin
- macrobasin
- metabasin

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: basyn
- Root: bacin
- Root: *baccinum

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Basin comes from Middle English basyn, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”). Basin follows a historical chain through Proto-Celtic *baskis, Gaulish *baskis, Vulgar Latin bacca, Vulgar Latin *baccinum, Old French bacin, Middle English basyn, English basin.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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