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basin

The correct spelling is basin.

How to pronounce basin

/ˈbeɪsɪn/
noun

IPA: /ˈbeɪsɪn/

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The correct spelling is basin. A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall
  2. 2.A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food
  3. 3.A depression, natural or artificial, containing water
  4. 4.An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin
  5. 5.A rock formation scooped out by water erosion

verb

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

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