Definition of basin

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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..

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Cuvette :: Cuvette (n.) A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table..
Self-abasing :: Self-abasing (a.) Lowering or humbling one's self.
Debasement :: Debasement (n.) The act of debasing or the state of being debased.
Gastornis :: Gastornis (n.) A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin.
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..
Lecanomancy :: Lecanomancy (n.) divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought..
Basin :: 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..
Aspersorium :: Aspersorium (n.) The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches..
Lavatory :: Lavatory (n.) A basin or other vessel for washing in.
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.
Basin :: Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake..
Basing :: Basing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bas.
Park :: Park (n.) A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
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..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
Washbowl :: Washbowl (n.) A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc..
Posnet :: Posnet (n.) A little basin; a porringer; a skillet.
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..
Catch-basin :: Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer..
Dejection :: Dejection (n.) The act of humbling or abasing one's self.
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