Definition of basin

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Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake..

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Atlantic :: Atlantic (a.) Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph..
Debasingly :: Debasingly (adv.) In a manner to debase.
Basined :: Basined (a.) Inclosed in a basin.
Font :: Font (n.) A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing.
Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay..
Stour :: Stoup (n.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup..
Bay Salt :: Bay salt () Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce..
Bason :: Bason (n.) A basin.
Bombasine :: Bombasine (n.) Same as Bombazine.
Crater :: Crater (n.) The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
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..
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..
Lavatory :: Lavatory (n.) A basin or other vessel for washing in.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop..
Abasing :: Abasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abas.
Basin :: Basin (n.) The quantity contained in a basin.
Debasing :: Debasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Debas.
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.
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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