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

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