Basin definition
Yacht basin.
An example of a basin is a container in which laundry can be handwashed.
An example of a basin is the Amazon Basin where the Amazon River and all its branches and tributaries drain.
An example of a basin isthe Nashville Basin in Tennessee where all of the rock strata angle down and away from Nashville.
The Amazon basin.
Other Word Forms
Noun
Origin of basin
- Middle English from Old French bacin from Vulgar Latin baccīnum from baccus container of Celtic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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