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basin
Overview of noun basin
The noun basin has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) basin -- (a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin")
2. basin, basinful -- (the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water")
3. 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")
4. river basin, basin -- (the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; "flood control in the Missouri basin")
5. washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory -- (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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun basin
5 senses of basin
Sense 1
basin
=> vessel
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
basin, basinful
=> containerful
=> indefinite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
basin
=> natural depression, depression
=> geological formation, formation
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
river basin, basin
=> geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
=> region
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory
=> sink
=> plumbing fixture
=> fixture
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun basin
2 of 5 senses of basin
Sense 1
basin
=> aspersorium
=> baptismal font, baptistry, baptistery, font
=> bidet
=> birdbath
=> emesis basin
=> laver
=> stoup, stoop
=> washbasin, handbasin, washbowl, lavabo, wash-hand basin
Sense 3
basin
=> cirque, corrie, cwm
=> saltpan
=> tidal basin
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun basin
5 senses of basin
Sense 1
basin
=> vessel
Sense 2
basin, basinful
=> containerful
Sense 3
basin
=> natural depression, depression
Sense 4
river basin, basin
=> geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
Sense 5
washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory
=> sink
Antonyms of noun basin
Member Holonyms of noun basin
Substance Holonyms of noun basin
Part Holonyms of noun basin
Member Meronyms of noun basin
Substance Meronyms of noun basin
Part Meronyms of noun basin
Meronyms of noun basin
Holonyms of noun basin
Attributes of noun basin
Derived Forms of noun basin
Domain of noun basin
Domain Terms of noun basin
Familiarity of noun basin
basin used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun basin
5 senses of basin
Sense 1
basin
> vessel
=> autoclave, sterilizer, steriliser
=> barrel, cask
=> basin
=> bath
=> bathtub, bathing tub, bath, tub
=> bedpan
=> boiler, steam boiler
=> bone-ash cup, cupel, refractory pot
=> bottle
=> bottle, feeding bottle, nursing bottle
=> bowl
=> bucket, pail
=> censer, thurible
=> churn, butter churn
=> crucible, melting pot
=> drinking vessel
=> drum, metal drum
=> eyecup, eyebath, eye cup
=> flagon
=> jar
=> ladle
=> monstrance
=> mortar
=> muller
=> pitcher, ewer
=> poacher
=> pot
=> retort
=> steeper
=> tank, storage tank
=> tub, vat
=> urceole
=> water jacket
=> well
Sense 2
basin, basinful
> containerful
=> armful
=> bag, bagful
=> barrel, barrelful
=> barrow, barrowful
=> barnful
=> basin, basinful
=> basket, basketful
=> bin, binful
=> bottle, bottleful
=> bowl, bowlful
=> box, boxful
=> bucket, bucketful
=> can, canful
=> capful
=> carful
=> cartload
=> carton, cartonful
=> case, caseful
=> cask, caskful
=> crate, crateful
=> cup, cupful
=> dish, dishful
=> dustpan, dustpanful
=> flask, flaskful
=> glass, glassful
=> handful, fistful
=> hatful
=> headful
=> houseful
=> jar, jarful
=> jug, jugful
=> keg, kegful
=> kettle, kettleful
=> lapful
=> mouthful
=> mug, mugful
=> pail, pailful
=> pipeful
=> pitcher, pitcherful
=> plate, plateful
=> pocketful
=> pot, potful
=> roomful
=> sack, sackful
=> scoop, scoopful
=> shelfful
=> shoeful
=> shovel, shovelful, spadeful
=> skepful
=> spoon, spoonful
=> tablespoon, tablespoonful
=> dessertspoon, dessertspoonful
=> tank, tankful
=> teacup, teacupful
=> teaspoon, teaspoonful
=> thimble, thimbleful
=> tub, tubful
Sense 3
basin
> natural depression, depression
=> basin
=> bed, bottom
=> crater
=> hole, hollow
=> lowland
=> sinkhole, sink, swallow hole
=> trench, deep, oceanic abyss
=> trough
=> valley, vale
Sense 4
river basin, basin
> geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
=> territory, soil
HAS INSTANCE=> Andalusia, Andalucia
HAS INSTANCE=> Appalachia
HAS INSTANCE=> Adelie Land, Terre Adelie, Adelie Coast
=> colony, dependency
HAS INSTANCE=> Bad Lands, Badlands
HAS INSTANCE=> Barbary
HAS INSTANCE=> Bithynia
HAS INSTANCE=> Nubia
=> semidesert
=> narco-state
=> place, property
=> catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin
=> river basin, basin
HAS INSTANCE=> Caucasia, Caucasus
HAS INSTANCE=> Transcaucasia
=> environs, purlieu
HAS INSTANCE=> Coats Land
=> zone, geographical zone
=> East, eastern United States
HAS INSTANCE=> Southeast, southeastern United States
HAS INSTANCE=> Southwest, southwestern United States
HAS INSTANCE=> Northeast, northeastern United States
HAS INSTANCE=> Northwest, northwestern United States
HAS INSTANCE=> Midwest, middle west, midwestern United States
HAS INSTANCE=> Pacific Northwest
HAS INSTANCE=> Enderby Land
=> environment, environs, surroundings, surround
HAS INSTANCE=> Finger Lakes
=> dust bowl
=> hemisphere
=> hot spot, hotspot
=> Maghreb, Mahgrib
HAS INSTANCE=> Big Bend
=> panhandle
HAS INSTANCE=> Queen Maud Land
=> country, rural area
=> sphere, sphere of influence
=> field
=> settlement
=> tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
=> urban area, populated area
HAS INSTANCE=> Victoria Land
HAS INSTANCE=> Wilkes Land
=> West, western United States
=> wilderness, wild
=> zone
=> killing field
HAS INSTANCE=> East Africa
HAS INSTANCE=> Cappadocia
HAS INSTANCE=> Galatia
HAS INSTANCE=> Phrygia
HAS INSTANCE=> Pontus
HAS INSTANCE=> Illyria
HAS INSTANCE=> Caribbean
HAS INSTANCE=> Bengal
HAS INSTANCE=> Patagonia
=> pampas
HAS INSTANCE=> Southeast Asia
HAS INSTANCE=> Manchuria
HAS INSTANCE=> Turkistan, Turkestan
HAS INSTANCE=> French Indochina
HAS INSTANCE=> Mesoamerica
HAS INSTANCE=> Czechoslovakia
HAS INSTANCE=> Moravia
HAS INSTANCE=> Bohemia
=> northern Europe
HAS INSTANCE=> Scandinavia
HAS INSTANCE=> Saxony, Sachsen, Saxe
HAS INSTANCE=> Rhineland, Rheinland
HAS INSTANCE=> Brandenburg
HAS INSTANCE=> Prussia, Preussen
HAS INSTANCE=> Ruhr, Ruhr Valley
HAS INSTANCE=> Thuringia
HAS INSTANCE=> Karelia
HAS INSTANCE=> Epirus
HAS INSTANCE=> Laconia
HAS INSTANCE=> Lycia
HAS INSTANCE=> Lydia
HAS INSTANCE=> Thessalia, Thessaly
HAS INSTANCE=> Arcadia
HAS INSTANCE=> Middle East, Mideast, Near East
HAS INSTANCE=> Fertile Crescent
HAS INSTANCE=> West Bank
HAS INSTANCE=> Galilee
HAS INSTANCE=> Gaza Strip, Gaza
HAS INSTANCE=> Golan Heights, Golan
HAS INSTANCE=> Palestine, Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land
HAS INSTANCE=> Judah, Juda
HAS INSTANCE=> Judea, Judaea
HAS INSTANCE=> Philistia
HAS INSTANCE=> Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire
HAS INSTANCE=> Western Roman Empire, Western Empire
HAS INSTANCE=> Serbia, Srbija
HAS INSTANCE=> Montenegro, Crna Gora
HAS INSTANCE=> Dalmatia
HAS INSTANCE=> Labrador
HAS INSTANCE=> Maritime Provinces, Maritimes, Canadian Maritime Provinces
HAS INSTANCE=> Klondike
HAS INSTANCE=> Austria-Hungary
HAS INSTANCE=> British Empire
HAS INSTANCE=> Cumbria
HAS INSTANCE=> New Forest
HAS INSTANCE=> East Anglia
HAS INSTANCE=> Lancashire
HAS INSTANCE=> Yorkshire
HAS INSTANCE=> Northumbria
HAS INSTANCE=> West Country
HAS INSTANCE=> Wessex
HAS INSTANCE=> Ulster
HAS INSTANCE=> Caledonia
HAS INSTANCE=> Hindustan
HAS INSTANCE=> Sikkim
HAS INSTANCE=> Kanara, Canara
HAS INSTANCE=> Punjab
HAS INSTANCE=> Gujarat, Gujerat
HAS INSTANCE=> Maharashtra
=> Gulf States
HAS INSTANCE=> Elam, Susiana
HAS INSTANCE=> Levant
HAS INSTANCE=> Macedon, Macedonia, Makedonija
HAS INSTANCE=> Thrace
HAS INSTANCE=> Mesopotamia
HAS INSTANCE=> Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea
HAS INSTANCE=> Chaldea, Chaldaea
HAS INSTANCE=> Sumer
HAS INSTANCE=> Assyria
HAS INSTANCE=> Phoenicia, Phenicia
HAS INSTANCE=> Gaul, Gallia
HAS INSTANCE=> Riviera
=> French region
HAS INSTANCE=> Midi
HAS INSTANCE=> Normandie, Normandy
HAS INSTANCE=> Orleanais
HAS INSTANCE=> Lyonnais
HAS INSTANCE=> Savoy
HAS INSTANCE=> Guiana
HAS INSTANCE=> Friesland
HAS INSTANCE=> Frisia
HAS INSTANCE=> Thule, ultima Thule
HAS INSTANCE=> Lappland, Lapland
HAS INSTANCE=> Tartary, Tatary
HAS INSTANCE=> Mongolia
HAS INSTANCE=> Western Sahara, Spanish Sahara
HAS INSTANCE=> Kashmir, Cashmere, Jammu and Kashmir
HAS INSTANCE=> Parthia
HAS INSTANCE=> Nejd, Najd
HAS INSTANCE=> Hejaz, Hedjaz, Hijaz
HAS INSTANCE=> Chechnya, Chechenia, Chechen Republic
HAS INSTANCE=> Siberia
=> Baltic State, Baltic Republic
HAS INSTANCE=> Livonia
HAS INSTANCE=> Colchis
HAS INSTANCE=> Donets Basin, Donbass, Donbas
HAS INSTANCE=> Iberia
HAS INSTANCE=> Latin America
HAS INSTANCE=> Galicia
HAS INSTANCE=> Leon
HAS INSTANCE=> Sudan, Soudan
HAS INSTANCE=> Tanganyika
HAS INSTANCE=> Kurdistan
HAS INSTANCE=> Iraqi Kurdistan
HAS INSTANCE=> Ionia
HAS INSTANCE=> East Coast
HAS INSTANCE=> West Coast
=> Colony
HAS INSTANCE=> New England
HAS INSTANCE=> Mid-Atlantic states
HAS INSTANCE=> Gulf States
HAS INSTANCE=> Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland
HAS INSTANCE=> South
HAS INSTANCE=> Deep South
=> Sunbelt
HAS INSTANCE=> Tidewater, Tidewater region
HAS INSTANCE=> Piedmont
HAS INSTANCE=> North
HAS INSTANCE=> Carolina
HAS INSTANCE=> Dakota
HAS INSTANCE=> Bluegrass, Bluegrass Country, Bluegrass Region
HAS INSTANCE=> Low Countries
HAS INSTANCE=> Lusitania
HAS INSTANCE=> Silesia, Slask, Slezsko, Schlesien
HAS INSTANCE=> Big Sur
HAS INSTANCE=> Silicon Valley
HAS INSTANCE=> Sub-Saharan Africa, Black Africa
HAS INSTANCE=> Scythia
HAS INSTANCE=> North Africa
HAS INSTANCE=> West Africa
HAS INSTANCE=> Dar al-Islam, House of Islam
HAS INSTANCE=> Dar al-harb, House of War
Sense 5
washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory
> sink
=> kitchen sink
=> washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory
Meronyms of noun basin
5 senses of basin
Sense 1
basin
=> vessel
HAS PART: base
HAS PART: brim, rim, lip
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 5
washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory
=> sink
HAS PART: drain basket
=> plumbing fixture
=> fixture
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun basin
Grep of noun basin
basin
basinet
basinful
catchment basin
donets basin
drainage basin
emesis basin
handbasin
river basin
slop basin
tidal basin
wash-hand basin
washbasin
Grep of adj basin
basinal
basined
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