Synonyms of basins

basins

noun

plural of basin

1

as in bowls

a large circular container used especially for holding water for washing

They washed their clothes in a basin.

Related Words

• bowls
• bottles
• tubs
• buckets
• baskets
• containers
• jars
• kettles
• receptacles
• pots
• vessels
• crates
• holders
• pitchers
• pails
• boxes
• jugs
• packs
• vats
• kits
• caskets
• bags
• kegs
• lockers
• bins
• pockets
• carriers
• trunks
• chests
• cans
• sacks
• cases
• cartridges
• caddies
• cartons
• coolers
• hampers
• handbaskets
• warmers

2

as in valleys

a depressed or sunken area of land

The animals drank from a shallow basin surrounded by grasslands.

Related Words

• valleys
• pits
• ravines
• troughs
• gorges
• bowls
• cavities
• canyons
• holes
• caverns
• caves
• furrows
• burrows
• gullies
• hollows
• gutters
• ditches
• depressions
• trenches
• gulches
• wells
• excavations
• indentations
• concavities
• recesses
• dents
• grooves
• glens
• abysses
• craters
• vacuums
• boreholes
• alcoves
• indentures
• chasms
• voids
• rift valleys
• combes
• kloofs
• dints
• pockets
• sinkholes
• water holes
• potholes
• dingles
• sockets
• dells
• clefts
• nooks
• gulfs
• niches
• openings
• vacuities
• gouges
• postholes
• dimples
• impressions
• chuckholes
• alveoli
• wallows
• imprints
• notches

Dissimilar Words

• hills
• mounds
• tumors
• rises
• swellings
• humps
• projections
• swells
• lumps
• pimples
• bumps
• bunches
• protuberances
• protrusions
• bulges
• convexities
• cambers
• juts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of basins

The aqueduct seemed to make the city’s founding river not just obsolete but dangerous, so construction began on catch basins, dams and reservoirs. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

The new study, however, hypothesizes that shell direction is not itself an adaptive response, but rather is an accidental marker of a significant evolutionary event that starts in a small subpopulation and then sweeps across vast ocean basins. — Quanta Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026

More than half of the reservoirs technically compatible with gas-injection flooding sit within Texas and the broader Gulf Coast region, encompassing onshore basins and offshore fields. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

So far, the hurricane center has named 14 storms in the eastern and central Pacific basins, including four hurricanes. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

As modern trade ships grow larger to increase efficiency when transporting goods, the Port of Oakland’s turning basins have become small in comparison. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026

Gleaming marble basins filled with floating flowers sit comfortably with antique stone tubs that used to hold olive oil back in the day. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026

His father Rudy Valazquez also said improved conditions like deeper basins in the lake can help more fish survive the winter. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Lee says the department is already working to prepare debris basins and reservoirs for the potential rainfall, especially in the burn scar areas, which are more prone to debris flows. — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026