n.
- a large bowl or open container for washing in, preparing food, or holding liquid.
- a broadly circular valley or natural depression on the earth's surface.
▸an area drained by a river and its tributaries.
▸an enclosed area of water where boats can be moored.
- Geology a circumscribed rock formation where the strata dip towards the centre.
Derivative
- basinful n.
(pl. basinfuls)
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Etymology
ME: from OFr. bacin, from med. L. bacinus, from bacca ‘water container’.
