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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