washbasin

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈwɑʃˌbeɪsən/ UK /ˈwɒʃˌbeɪsən/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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noun
a bowl for holding water for washing the hands and face

He splashed cold water from the washbasin to shake off his drowsiness.

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1 noun · a bowl for holding water... sink basinlavabowashbowl lavatory

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Related forms wash basin

Etymology

A compound of wash (Old English wascan) and basin (from Old French bacin, from Late Latin bacchinon).

wascan Old English bacin Old French

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# 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
- Food & Drink

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