- basin - a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin"
--1 is a kind of vessel
--1 has particulars:baptismal font, baptistry, baptistery, font; bidet; birdbath; emesis basin; laver; stoup, stoop; washbasin, handbasin, washbowl, lavabo, wash-hand basin - basin, basinful - the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water"
--2 is a kind of containerful
- basin - 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"
--3 is a kind of natural depression, depression
--3 has particulars: cirque, corrie, cwm; saltpan; tidal basin- river basin, basin - the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; "flood control in the Missouri basin"
--4 is a kind of geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
- washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory - a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face"
--5 is a kind of sink
- basin, basinful - the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water"