Look up: Basin

1. basin
   n. Any large depression in which sediments are deposited.
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2. Basin
   In geography, a basin is a drainage area of a river and its confluents.
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3. Basin
   Basin is a township in Boyd County Nebraska, USA. Basin is a town in Big Horn County Wyoming, USA.
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4. Basin
   A large submarine DEPRESSION of a generally circular, elliptical or oval shape.
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5. basin
   [n] - the quantity that a basin will hold 2. [n] - a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it 3. [n] - a bowl-shaped vessel
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6. Basin
   A circular vessel with sloping sides used to hold water for washing.
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7. basin
   large basin either permanently filled with water (wet --) or capable of being filled and chained (dry -- or graving --). Category: Building industry • wide shallow metal pan used to receive wine during racking Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a depressed area having no surface outlet. Category: The cosmos
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8. Basin
   Ba"sin noun [ Old French bacin , French bassin , Late Latin bacchinus , from bacca a water vessel, from Latin bacca berry, in allusion to the round shape; or perhaps from Celtic. Confer Bac .] 1. A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses. 2. The quantity contained in a basin. 3. A hollow vesse …
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9. basin
   1. A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses. ... 2. The quantity contained in a basin. ... 3. 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. ... 4. A hollow place containing …
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10. basin
    noun a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; `she mixed the dough in a large basin`
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11. basin
    basinful noun the quantity that a basin will hold; `a basinful of water`
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12. 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`
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13. Basin
    `Basin` may mean: * Drainage basin, a hydrological basin or catchment basin, a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water * Tarim Basin, located in Xinjiang, China and is one of the largest drainage basins in the world. * Sedimentary basin, a low and usually sinking region that is filled with sediments from adjacent positive areas * Structural basin, in geology, referring to the basin-shaped warping of underlying b...
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14. Basin
    `Basin` may mean: * Drainage basin, a hydrological basin or catchment basin, a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water * Tarim Basin, located in Xinjiang, China and is one of the largest drainage basins in the world. * Sedimentary basin, a low and usually sinking region that is filled with sediments from adjacent positive areas * Structural basin, in geology, referring to the basin-shaped warping of underlying b...
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15. Basin
    `Basin` may mean: * Drainage basin, a hydrological basin or catchment basin, a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water * Tarim Basin, located in Xinjiang, China and is one of the largest drainage basins in the world. * Sedimentary basin, a low and usually sinking region that is filled with sediments from adjacent positive areas * Structural basin, in geology, referring to the basin-shaped warping of underlying b...
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16. Basin
    • (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake. • (n.) The quantity contained in a basin. • (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay. • (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a cent...
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17. basin
    (from the article `metalwork`) Basins were also needed for washing one`s hands; they are often mentioned in medieval documents, where they are referred to as bacina, pelves, or ...
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18. basin
    (from the article `Mercury`) The ramparts of the Caloris impact basin span a diameter exceeding 1,300 km (800 miles). Its interior is occupied by smooth plains that are ...
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19. basin
    A receptacle for fluids.
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20. Basin
    A topographic rock structure whose shape is concave downwards.
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21. BASIN
    A circular vessel with slopping or curving sides for holding water for washing.
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22. basin
    A large impact crater on a planet or moon, typically several hundred kilometers across, flooded with basaltic lava and surrounded by concentric rings of faulted cliffs.
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