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 idea is to be in the high basins by sunup, glassing with binoculars for deer moving to their day beds. — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 9 Nov. 2026

Both maps were used at the Berlin Africa Conference of 1884-85 to determine the boundaries of free trade zones in the Congo and Niger river basins. — Thomas J Bassett, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026

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