Antonyms for basin


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bey-suh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbeɪ sən


Definition of basin

Origin :
  • "large shallow vessel or dish," c.1200, from Old French bacin (11c., Modern French bassin), from Vulgar Latin *baccinum, from *bacca "water vessel," perhaps originally Gaulish. Meaning "large-scale artificial water-holding landscape feature" is from 1712. Geological sense of "tract of country drained by one river or draining into one sea" is from 1830.
  • noun container or area where water is held
Example sentences :
  • To-day the basin of the Luxembourg is bright with little boats.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • This basin was in the center of the atrium, the most important room in the house.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • "They always do," said Miss Desmond, pouring water into the basin.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Her mother moaned when Alice showed them to her, fragrant in a basin of water.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • Take a basin of water and a sponge, Fred, and wash the dust off.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • He wondered shiveringly how it would be possible to wash with only a basin.
  • Extract from : « Great Uncle Hoot-Toot » by Mrs. Molesworth
  • When you have passed the quantity you want, put it in a basin.
  • Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury
  • I'll be working right out there in the Basin where I found you.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • She was sitting on the floor, in front of a basin, starching some things.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Fortune placed the ring in the basin, a thick ring of solid silver.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for basin

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