basin

basin has 12 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin"
• n.. 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"
• n.. 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"
• n.. 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"
• n.. the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water"