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
- 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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