BASINS Synonyms: 122 Similar and Opposite Words

basins

noun

plural of basin

as in bowls

a large circular container used especially for holding water for washing They washed their clothes in a basin.

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as in valleys

a depressed or sunken area of land The animals drank from a shallow basin surrounded by grasslands.

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Recent Examples of basins Winding through arid basins and rocky mountain passes, the road to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center climbs to 2,500 feet before opening into the vast expanses of the Mojave high desert. — Aarne Heikkila, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2026 Kinder Morgan operates a dominant, interconnected web of steel pipelines that links oversupplied shale basins directly to major demand centers and Gulf Coast export complexes. — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 City crews have also been clearing more than 31,000 catch basins and drainage systems and inspecting and reinforcing vulnerable hillsides and burn areas, including Pacific Palisades, Bass said in a statement. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 The climate pattern can influence temperatures, rainfall and tropical cyclone activity across multiple ocean basins. — Gregory Padgett, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Submarine networks therefore use optical repeaters installed along the cable route to amplify the signals, allowing information to continue across ocean basins. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026 The sink basins are large enough, however, the stopper (plug) at the sanitizer basin does not work and water continuously flows. — Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026 All rooms have a marble bathroom with double basins and a separate bath and shower. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Yet its inspiration lies in the desert rose, a mineral formation that crystallizes beneath salt basins into flat plates resembling rose petals. — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Upstairs, his aunts and uncles were awash in light, eating fruit salad out of large bowls and drinking strong black coffee.

— Madeline ffitch, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Best All-Around Wine Glasses The generously sized bowls of these LSA International wine glasses leave plenty of room for a proper pour (and an enthusiastic swirl without worrying about spilling over the rim).

— Vy Yang, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of bowls

Noun

One element that makes California’s mountains, meadows, foothills and valleys so special are their native plants, which have long provided habitat for native species.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
The device reproduced the fingerprint's tiny ridges and valleys, demonstrating an impressive spatial resolution of 30 micrometers (847 dpi).

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of valleys

Noun

In Shibuya, Halloween festivities were already a nuisance — but now, officials realized there was more to worry about than empty bottles and loud music.

— Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Take High Density Polyethylene, or HDPE, used to make shampoo and detergent bottles.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of bottles

Noun

Oil drilling began in the Bayou in the 1920s, a time of lawless extraction, and for decades, companies would simply dump their wastewater into large, unlined pits, allowing the fluid to seep into the ground.

— Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026
Molcajetes constructed of lava rock with pits creating a rough and not smooth nor easily cleanable surface were in the facility.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of pits

Noun

All-in-one plunge tubs are complete systems that include a dedicated tub along with integrated cooling, water circulation, filtration and temperature controls.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
Select between standard and custom tubs and know whether the tub will be used for soaking, kids, or quick showers.

— Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2026

Definition of tubs

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This 150-acre Clayton County preserve sits near shopping centers and busy roads, but its trails wind through woodlands, ravines and ponds that feel worlds away from metro Atlanta.

— Nicole Bennett, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Many more were imperiled by muddy water racing through the narrow ravines, sparking frantic rescue missions for dozens.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of ravines

Noun

One skeleton is mowing right over another, while others tend to buckets of slime, climb on the larger figures and play around the yard.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Piles of dirt were placed on tarps, transferred into buckets and carefully sifted under a tent as crews searched for potential evidence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of buckets

Noun

And there are six possible ways for two crests and two troughs to meet, causing the waves to completely cancel out and produce a flat surface (destructive interference).

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Their Angora goats and Rambouillet sheep roam over the land, stopping at a network of water troughs.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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