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Added 8 October 2026

basin

/ˈbeɪsɪn/ noun

In Latin: alveus, lābrum, pelvis Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about basin at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.
A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food.
A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.

verb

To create a concavity or depression in.
To serve as or become a basin.
To shelter or enclose in a basin.

Origin

From Middle English basyn, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”).

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