Basin
noun
A bowl-shaped container used to hold liquids or things, like water or food.
She filled the basin with warm water to wash her face.
Often appears as...
- wash basin
- bathroom basin
noun
A natural wide, round area of land, where rivers may flow into.
The Amazon Basin is home to a tremendous variety of wildlife.
Often appears as...
- river basin
- drainage basin
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Geographical
noun
An area of land that is lower than and surrounded by higher parts.
The city lies in a basin surrounded by mountains on three sides.
Often appears as...
- basin floor
- glacier basin
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Geographical
noun
A place in a port where ships can be safe from a storm.
The sailing boat was safely docked in the basin.
Often appears as...
- harbor basin
- dock basin
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Nautical
noun
A bowl-shaped container used to hold liquids or things, like water or food.
She filled the basin with warm water to wash her face.
Often appears as...
- wash basin
- bathroom basin
noun
A natural wide, round area of land, where rivers may flow into.
The Amazon Basin is home to a tremendous variety of wildlife.
Often appears as...
- river basin
- drainage basin
Usage tips
Geographical
noun
An area of land that is lower than and surrounded by higher parts.
The city lies in a basin surrounded by mountains on three sides.
Often appears as...
- basin floor
- glacier basin
Usage tips
Geographical
noun
A place in a port where ships can be safe from a storm.
The sailing boat was safely docked in the basin.
Often appears as...
- harbor basin
- dock basin
Usage tips
Nautical
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Pro Tip 1/3Everyday Object
Often found in homes for practical daily uses, like washing dishes or hands.
Rinse the vegetables in the basin before peeling them.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Variation
'Basin' can vary in size but is typically larger than a bowl and smaller than a tub.
The chef used a large basin to mix the dough.
Pro Tip 3/3Location Specific
The word can imply location, such as 'bathroom basin' for washing up.
He splashed cold water on his face from the bathroom basin.
Pro Tip 1/3Everyday Object
Often found in homes for practical daily uses, like washing dishes or hands.
Rinse the vegetables in the basin before peeling them.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Variation
'Basin' can vary in size but is typically larger than a bowl and smaller than a tub.
The chef used a large basin to mix the dough.
Pro Tip 3/3Location Specific
The word can imply location, such as 'bathroom basin' for washing up.
He splashed cold water on his face from the bathroom basin.
Pro Tip 1/3Everyday Object
Often found in homes for practical daily uses, like washing dishes or hands.
Rinse the vegetables in the basin before peeling them.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Variation
'Basin' can vary in size but is typically larger than a bowl and smaller than a tub.
The chef used a large basin to mix the dough.
Pro Tip 3/3Location Specific
The word can imply location, such as 'bathroom basin' for washing up.
He splashed cold water on his face from the bathroom basin.
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TED2016 in review PIPE...
has realized that we just don't want a big bag of stuff because that's just another bag of stuff in the world and I don't want it and then like one second later this moon comes up and said here's your gift basin we were like God what we went in the room we got to pick it was so exciting and I couldn't believe how
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Jonathan Foley: The...
one of the great inland seas of the world. But there's kind of a paradox here, because it looks like it's surrounded by desert. Why is this sea here? The reason it's here is because, on the right-hand side, you see two little rivers kind of coming down through the sand, feeding this basin with water.
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Garth Lenz: The true...
through the heart of the third largest watershed basin in the world, and the only one which is 95 percent intact. And building a pipeline with an industrial highway would change forever this incredible wilderness, which is a true rarity on the planet today.
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Wings of the Albatross PIPE...
taking a closer look truly endearing at this stage of fuzzy chick this one is maybe a month old but underneath a real bird is growing but it takes a while it takes months of shuttling in food from the far reaches of an ocean basin to
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What’s so great about...
creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins, and water began to flow in an ongoing exchange that persists to this day. In fact, today, the interconnected Great Lakes
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
it was one of the driest years on record pat remembers the morning her deputy broke the bad news when she came in and said we've got problems we had huge problems there had been virtually zip snowpack in the upper basin so
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The secret society of...
These formations quickly revealed traces of centuries-old secrets. Archeologists found buried markings that appear to have been left by raised log cabins, fire pits, and basins that may have collected drinking water.
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What separates us from...
to take out oil or timber. And this has led in Congo basin, and other parts of the world, to what is known as the bush-meat trade. This means that although for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years,
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Overview PIPE Exploring...
the terrain below holds most of the world's mountains entire chains of Peaks that run down the major ocean basins like giant backbones most of the planets volcanoes are in the
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Free Again PIPE Orangutan...
of living the natural life she should over the next two days all twenty-five orangutangs will be released in this river basin black Mustafa and baby pika
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TED2016 in review PIPE...
has realized that we just don't want a big bag of stuff because that's just another bag of stuff in the world and I don't want it and then like one second later this moon comes up and said here's your gift basin we were like God what we went in the room we got to pick it was so exciting and I couldn't believe how
Video examples
Jonathan Foley: The...
one of the great inland seas of the world. But there's kind of a paradox here, because it looks like it's surrounded by desert. Why is this sea here? The reason it's here is because, on the right-hand side, you see two little rivers kind of coming down through the sand, feeding this basin with water.
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
through the heart of the third largest watershed basin in the world, and the only one which is 95 percent intact. And building a pipeline with an industrial highway would change forever this incredible wilderness, which is a true rarity on the planet today.
Video examples
Wings of the Albatross PIPE...
taking a closer look truly endearing at this stage of fuzzy chick this one is maybe a month old but underneath a real bird is growing but it takes a while it takes months of shuttling in food from the far reaches of an ocean basin to
Video examples
What’s so great about...
creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins, and water began to flow in an ongoing exchange that persists to this day. In fact, today, the interconnected Great Lakes
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
it was one of the driest years on record pat remembers the morning her deputy broke the bad news when she came in and said we've got problems we had huge problems there had been virtually zip snowpack in the upper basin so
Video examples
The secret society of...
These formations quickly revealed traces of centuries-old secrets. Archeologists found buried markings that appear to have been left by raised log cabins, fire pits, and basins that may have collected drinking water.
Video examples
What separates us from...
to take out oil or timber. And this has led in Congo basin, and other parts of the world, to what is known as the bush-meat trade. This means that although for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years,
Video examples
Overview PIPE Exploring...
the terrain below holds most of the world's mountains entire chains of Peaks that run down the major ocean basins like giant backbones most of the planets volcanoes are in the
Video examples
Free Again PIPE Orangutan...
of living the natural life she should over the next two days all twenty-five orangutangs will be released in this river basin black Mustafa and baby pika
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Sonali Bendre
Indian Actress
I come from a background where there would be one mirror above the basin that was used by everyone in the house. If you spent more than five minutes in front of the mirror, you would probably get a whack. My mother was so strict that if anyone complimented me for being pretty, she would not encourage that discussion.
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James Tupper
Canadian Actor
I grew up in Nova Scotia, and my uncle lived close to the Bay of Fundy. We would walk across the mud flats out to an island, and then you'd climb a cliff and be in the forest. And if the water came in, the basin would fill up with, like, a 30-foot tide. It was phenomenal.
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Mark Cavendish
Manx Cyclist
I started getting into decent food after I got a house in Tuscany, near the British cycling academy's training base. For a cyclist, the area is incredible, with the flats of the basin of Florence, the heights of the Apennines and the small climbs around Chianti.
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Eric Goode
American Director
What you do in Oklahoma with tigers in these roadside zoos would be frowned on if it opened in the L.A. basin or New York. I think it's a lack of education. And people believe we should be able to have a tiger, because this is America - who should stop us?
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Kevin Kelly
American Editor
Basins of attraction, of self organization, show up as well in our complex social environment, in human organizations. Here again, while we cannot predict the result of any given input, we can say that it will likely fall within one of several areas.
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Aleqa Hammond
Greenlander Politician
The North Pole will be ice-free during summer in years to come, and that itself will put the Arctic Sea basin on a very high risk of... environmental disasters that might be there.
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Jose Angel Gurria
Mexican Economist
Water security is not just for domestic policies. International co-operation is crucial to sustainably manage trans-boundary water bodies and river basins.
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Richard Kinder
American Businessman
We access virtually every producing basin, whether for natural gas or crude oil, in the U.S. and Canada.
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Elliott Abrams
American Lawyer
Legislation for the Caribbean basin has led to more jobs in the Dominican Republic.
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Lynn Good
American Businesswoman
The closing of ash basins is really part of decommissioning a coal plant.
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Sonali Bendre
Indian Actress
I come from a background where there would be one mirror above the basin that was used by everyone in the house. If you spent more than five minutes in front of the mirror, you would probably get a whack. My mother was so strict that if anyone complimented me for being pretty, she would not encourage that discussion.
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James Tupper
Canadian Actor
I grew up in Nova Scotia, and my uncle lived close to the Bay of Fundy. We would walk across the mud flats out to an island, and then you'd climb a cliff and be in the forest. And if the water came in, the basin would fill up with, like, a 30-foot tide. It was phenomenal.
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Mark Cavendish
Manx Cyclist
I started getting into decent food after I got a house in Tuscany, near the British cycling academy's training base. For a cyclist, the area is incredible, with the flats of the basin of Florence, the heights of the Apennines and the small climbs around Chianti.
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Eric Goode
American Director
What you do in Oklahoma with tigers in these roadside zoos would be frowned on if it opened in the L.A. basin or New York. I think it's a lack of education. And people believe we should be able to have a tiger, because this is America - who should stop us?
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Kevin Kelly
American Editor
Basins of attraction, of self organization, show up as well in our complex social environment, in human organizations. Here again, while we cannot predict the result of any given input, we can say that it will likely fall within one of several areas.
Quote examples
Aleqa Hammond
Greenlander Politician
The North Pole will be ice-free during summer in years to come, and that itself will put the Arctic Sea basin on a very high risk of... environmental disasters that might be there.
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Jose Angel Gurria
Mexican Economist
Water security is not just for domestic policies. International co-operation is crucial to sustainably manage trans-boundary water bodies and river basins.
Quote examples
Richard Kinder
American Businessman
We access virtually every producing basin, whether for natural gas or crude oil, in the U.S. and Canada.
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Elliott Abrams
American Lawyer
Legislation for the Caribbean basin has led to more jobs in the Dominican Republic.
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Lynn Good
American Businesswoman
The closing of ash basins is really part of decommissioning a coal plant.
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