noun
basin
BAY-suhn/ˈbeɪsn/
A bowl-shaped hollow that holds or collects water.
Clear water fills the broad ceramic basin on the table.
Etymology
Old French bacin named a water-holding vessel. That container image extends to landscape basins, where water collects or drains into a common river or sea.
In context
the spot in the Basin that that water will fill up throughout this whole area start soaking
More examples
- Rain collects in the shallow basin between the hills.
- The river basin drains a large farming region.
- She rinses the cloth in the basin.
Forms
basin · basins
Similar words
- bowl
- Usually names a container rather than a geographical depression.
- watershed
- Specifically concerns the area draining into a river system.