basin   (Sound)

The noun basin has 5 senses

• basin -- (a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin")


• basin, basinful -- (the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water")


• basin -- (a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake")


• river basin, basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area -- (the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin")


• washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory -- (a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face")