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plural of basin

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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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“Basins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basins. Accessed 23 Oct. 2021.

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