basin

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links 1.4 See also 1.5 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 3 Hiligaynon 3.1 Noun 4 Volapük 4.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English basin < Old French bacin < Mediaeval Latin bachinus, bacchinus, bacchinum, apparently for *baccinus, *baccinum, prop. an adj. form < bacca (“‘a bowl’”)

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  Rhymes: -eɪsən

[edit] Noun

basin (plural basins)

1. A bowl for washing, often affixed to a wall
2. An area of water that drains into a river
3. A rock formation scooped out by water erosion

[edit] Synonyms

• (bowl): sink

[edit] Derived terms

• basin of attraction
• catchment basin
• drainage basin
• oceanic basin
• sedimentary basin

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[edit] External links

• basin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• basin in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] See also

• Basin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Basin in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abins
• sabin, Sabin

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Old French bombasin, from Lombardic bombasina (Italian bambagino), ultimately from Mediaeval Latin bambax, from Ancient Greek πάμϐαξ (“‘cotton’”).

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• IPA: /bazε̃/

[edit] Noun

basin m. (plural basins)

1. (textiles, historical) bombasine

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[edit] Hiligaynon

[edit] Noun

basín

1. toilet

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Noun

basin

1. basin
2. water basin