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.

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2
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 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 Their straight lines ran roughshod across natural drainage basins, leaving some tracts unirrigated. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Los Angeles County uses a network of 27 spreading grounds, where artificial basins fill up when storms send torrents cascading down from the mountains into the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 The deal also brought together a portfolio than now includes the Marcellus, Eagle Ford and Powder River basins, among others. — David Faber, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026 Inspired by the region’s terrain of flat desert basins, mesas, and canyons, residents of New Mexico are drawn to this shade the most. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 15 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for basins
  1. bowls
  2. valleys
  3. bottles
  4. pits
  5. tubs
  6. ravines
  7. buckets
  8. troughs
Noun
  • The a-la-carte breakfast is served here, too, with a Thai-Continental menu ranging from guay teow noodle soups to truffle-flecked cheese toasties and healthy salad bowls.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Frozen kimbap, mandu and Korean BBQ bowls have moved from Asian-grocery specialty shelves into Kroger, Target and Trader Joe’s, and the production and distribution infrastructure behind the shift suggests the growth is only beginning.
    — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • Fontana is out of the 100's and will reach 98 today, with the valleys in the final day of triple digits.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Peak color is usually mid-to-late October in the mountains and early November in valleys.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of valleys
Noun
  • There are no people in her piece, simply 45 silver images of Bowery storefronts and gutters, typically littered with empty bottles.
    — J. Hoberman, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The image could be found on T-shirts, hats, billboards, beer bottles, Christmas ornaments and even adorned the cover of several books written about the championship season.
    — Mark Long, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of bottles
Noun
  • The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors’ 4th District race pits outgoing State Board of Equalization member Ted Gaines against first-time candidate Gina Posey.
    — Haley Parsley October 2, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Davidson plays Vince, Hoult’s second in command and a veteran of the war in Afghanistan whose lungs have been ravaged by exposure to burn pits.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
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  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Lake Overstreet has about five miles of multi-use trails through live oaks (a northern Florida staple), hills and ravines surrounding a secluded 144-acre lake.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of ravines
Noun
  • Funds could not be used for legal or defense purposes or to repay personal loans, nor could they be pulled from education, transportation or public safety buckets.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Mosquitoes need only one tablespoon of water to breed, so areas like rain gutters, birdbaths or buckets with stagnant water are all possible breeding sites.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of buckets
Noun
  • 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
  • This smear is described mathematically by a wave function which, like a classical wave, has peaks and troughs.
    — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026
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“Basins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basins. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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