Main Entry:

ba·sin

Pronunciation:

\ˈbā-s^ən\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French bacin, from Late Latin bacchinon

Date:

13th century

1 a: an open usually circular vessel with sloping or curving sides used typically for holding water for washing bchiefly British : a bowl used especially in cooking c: the quantity contained in a basin2 a: a dock built in a tidal river or harbor b: an enclosed or partly enclosed water area3 a: a large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor b: the entire tract of country drained by a river and its tributaries c: a great depression in the surface of the lithosphere occupied by an ocean4: a broad area of the earth beneath which the strata dip usually from the sides toward the center

— ba·sin·al \-s^ən-əl\ adjective

— ba·sined \-s^ənd\ adjective

— ba·sin·ful \-ˌfu̇l\ noun