Synonyms for basin
ˈbeɪ sənbasin

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1. basinnoun

   A bowl for washing, often affixed to a wall.

   Synonyms:
   sink

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. basinnoun

   a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids

   "she mixed the dough in a large basin"

   Synonyms:
   washstand, river basin, washbowl, lavatory, drainage area, watershed, drainage basin, catchment basin, catchment area, washbasin, basinful

2. basin, basinfulnoun

   the quantity that a basin will hold

   "a basinful of water"

   Synonyms:
   washstand, river basin, washbowl, lavatory, drainage area, watershed, drainage basin, catchment basin, catchment area, washbasin, basinful

3. basinnoun

   a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it

   "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"

   Synonyms:
   washstand, river basin, washbowl, lavatory, drainage area, watershed, drainage basin, catchment basin, catchment area, washbasin, basinful

4. river basin, basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage areanoun

   the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

   "flood control in the Missouri basin"

   Synonyms:
   washstand, divide, river basin, washbowl, washbasin, landmark, lavatory, drainage area, watershed, drainage basin, catchment basin, catchment area, turning point, water parting, basinful

5. washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatorynoun

   a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face

   "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face"

   Synonyms:
   washbowl, bathroom, river basin, washbasin, washstand, handbasin, catchment area, lavatory, wash-hand basin, watershed, lavabo, flush toilet, toilet, can, basinful, catchment basin, john, drainage basin, wash-hand stand, lav, drainage area, privy

Matched Categories

1. • Containerful
   • Geographical Area
   • Natural Depression
   • Sink
   • Vessel

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1. List of paraphrases for "basin":

   pool, cuenca, watershed, bassin, pelvis, basins, pond, catchment, impoundment, basin-wide, rim, lagoon, pelvic, watersheds, drainage, tank, ponds, hydrographic

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1. David Hewitt:

   From having been an import basin, Asia will next year be going to have excess supplies and worse so in 2017.

2. Cindy Hassler:

   We also wanted to make sure that we are able to hold by production (HBP) our STACK acreage in the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma and be opportunistic around any potential bolt-on acquisitions that may come our way, sTACK and SCOOP are a couple of great plays that deliver returns even in the current price environment.

3. John Fleck:

   We're now seeing the model for what the future of Colorado River Basin water use looks like, where scarcity is the norm and drought is not some special short-term thing, this is the way of life we're in now with climate change reducing the flow on Colorado River.

4. John Campbell:

   Lake Chad is important because of Lake Chad physical location. It is part of the Lake Chad basin. It also borders on Sudan and Libya. It's literally right in the heart of a part of Africa where the security challenges are severe, the second point is that Chad for a long time has had an important security relationship with France. There are French military forces stationed in Lake Chad and the Chadian military has received quite good training from them.

5. Michael Bernardo:

   Currently our projections show that we're gon na end this calendar year around elevation 1,065 [ feet above sea level ] — that's about 10 feet below the level one shortage trigger, so we are anticipating the lower basin to be the first ever shortage condition in history.