Definition of basin

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Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river..

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Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc..
Dejection :: Dejection (n.) The act of humbling or abasing one's self.
Aspersorium :: Aspersorium (n.) The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
Basin :: Basin (n.) The quantity contained in a basin.
Piscina :: Piscina (n.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels..
Fountain :: Fountain (n.) An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament..
Debasing :: Debasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Debas.
Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses..
Bombasine :: Bombasine (n.) Same as Bombazine.
Basin :: Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake..
Lavatory :: Lavatory (n.) A basin or other vessel for washing in.
Continent :: Continent (a.) One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America..
Abasement :: Abasement (n.) The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation..
Basin :: Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields..
Debasement :: Debasement (n.) The act of debasing or the state of being debased.
Thinolite :: Thinolite (n.) A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada..
Watershed :: Watershed (n.) The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into them; the natural boundary of a basin.
Pan :: Pan (n.) A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud..
Lecanomancy :: Lecanomancy (n.) divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought..
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