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

Tailing basins, designed to hold the byproducts of extraction, grow taller and taller, as if humans and our ambition were competing against nature. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026

Pardy noted Ovintiv's transformation, with the company streamlining its portfolio from six basins (including the Uinta, Bakken and Anadarko) to two – the Montney and Permian – while enhancing the depth of its inventory. — Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 5 July 2026

In areas with valleys or basins, cooler and denser air drains downhill and pools in low spots overnight, a process known as cold-air pooling. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 July 2026

The war has also driven a surge in investment in non-Gulf hydrocarbon assets, especially in the Atlantic and Pacific basins, including Africa and Latin America. — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

The presence of depressions and basins across the present-day landscape are strong indicators of lakes that later dried up. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026

In the primary bathroom, Italian art students hand-painted the mirrors with similarly metallic hues, which complement the brass basins hammered by a Lebanese artist. — Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 13 June 2026

With the project, there will be work on a range of things, including a new storm sewer system, catch basins, manholes, green infrastructure, and roadway improvements. — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 12 June 2026

Install an Ant Moat Ant moats are little basins that hold water that are hung below hummingbird feeders. — Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 4 June 2026