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▸ noun: (obsolete) A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food.
▸ noun: A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
▸ noun: (geography) An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.
▸ noun: (geography) A shallow depression in a rock formation, such as an area of down-folded rock that has accumulated a thick layer of sediments, or an area scooped out by water erosion.
▸ verb: To create a concavity or depression in.
▸ verb: To serve as or become a basin.
▸ verb: To shelter or enclose in a basin.
▸ noun: A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Montana
▸ noun: A town, the county seat of Big Horn County, Wyoming
Similar:
river basin,
trough,
bowl,
reservoir,
catchment,
subbasin,
washbasin,
water,
paleovalley,
basinward,
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Opposite:
Types:
kitchen sink,
bathroom sink,
bar sink,
laundry sink,
utility sink,
mop sink,
hand sink,
slop sink,
pedestal sink,
more...
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