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Noun basin has 5 senses

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