basin
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
she mixed the dough in a large basin
Types & categories
- vessel hypernym
- aspersorium hyponym
- baptismal font hyponym
- bidet hyponym
- birdbath hyponym
- emesis basin hyponym
- laver hyponym
- stoop hyponym
- handbasin hyponym
Sense 2 noun
the quantity that a basin will hold
a basinful of water
Types & categories
- containerful hypernym
Sense 3 noun
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
Types & categories
- natural depression hypernym
- cirque hyponym
- saltpan hyponym
- tidal basin hyponym
Sense 4 noun
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
Types & categories
- geographical area hypernym
- detention basin hyponym
- retention basin hyponym
Sense 5 noun
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
Types & categories
- sink hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | vessel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aspersorium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | baptismal font |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bidet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | birdbath |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | emesis basin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | laver |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stoop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | handbasin |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | containerful |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural depression |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cirque |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | saltpan |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tidal basin |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | geographical area |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | detention basin |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | retention basin |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | sink |