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

Noun
a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face"

Noun
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; "flood control in the Missouri basin"

Noun
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"

Noun
the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water"

n.
A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.

n.
The quantity contained in a basin.

n.
A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.

n.
A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.

n.
A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.

n.
The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.

n.
An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.

Basin

A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.