From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbasinba‧sin /ˈbeɪsən/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 British EnglishDHH a round container attached to the wall in a bathroom, where you wash your hands and face SYN sink a wash basin2 DFUa large bowl-shaped container for liquids or food Fill the basin with the cake mixture.3 (also basinful /ˈbeɪsənfʊl/)TMAMOUNT the amount of liquid that a basin can contain a basin of hot water4 SGan area of land that is lower at the centre than at the edges, especially one from which water runs down into a river the Amazon basin5 a place where the Earth’s surface is lower than in other areas the Pacific Basin → pudding basin
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basin• the Amazon Basin• The Amazon basin breeds great passions such as Roberto's.• Kolymba is believed to be a Minoan dock basin, and it may be that Minoan ships were built and repaired here.• The results from the model can be used to answer questions relating to the long-term behaviour of the river basin.• It was a naturally sheltered basin, a trick of the undulating meadows along the Comer.• Arabella's toothbrush was still in the mug above the basin.• Water splashed in the basin of the fountain.• Turn the pudding into the basin.Origin basin (1200-1300) Old French bacin, from Late Latin bacchinon 