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1
a large circular container used especially for holding water for washing
- They washed their clothes in a basin.
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2
a depressed or sunken area of land
- The animals drank from a shallow basin surrounded by grasslands.
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“Basin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basin. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of basin was in the 13th century
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