washbasin C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /ˈwɑʃˌbeɪsən/ UK /ˈwɒʃˌbeɪsən/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a bowl for holding water for washing the hands and face He splashed cold water from the washbasin to shake off his drowsiness. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a bowl for holding water... sinkbasinlavabowashbowllavatory Word family Related forms washbasin Etymology AI details A compound of wash (Old English wascan) and basin (from Old French bacin, from Late Latin bacchinon). wascan Old English bacin Old French View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # washbasin **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈwɑʃˌbeɪsən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈwɒʃˌbeɪsən/ ## Meanings 1. a bowl for holding water for washing the hands and face ## Examples - He splashed cold water from the washbasin to shake off his drowsiness. ## Synonyms - sink - basin - lavabo - washbowl - lavatory ## Related Forms - wash - basin ## Roots and Affixes - Root: wascan - Root: bacin ## Etymology A compound of wash (Old English wascan) and basin (from Old French bacin, from Late Latin bacchinon). ## AI Etymology Washbasin is a compound of wash (Old English wascan) and basin (from Old French bacin, from Late Latin bacchinon). The historical chain includes Old English wascan and Old French bacin. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word washbasin carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a bowl for holding water for washing the hands and face". Related English forms include wash and basin. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown