basin | a bowl-shaped vessel, usually used for holding food or liquids, she mixed the dough in a large basin |
cesspool cesspit sink sump | a covered cistern, waste water and sewage flow into it |
emesis basin | a basin used by bedridden patients for vomiting |
heat sink | a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat |
kitchen sink | a sink in a kitchen |
sink | plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe |
slop basin slop bowl | a bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table |
washbasin handbasin washbowl lavabo wash-hand basin | a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression) |
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 |
river basin basin watershed drainage basin catchment area catchment basin drainage area | 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 |
detention basin | a storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream |
retention basin | a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream |
Donets Basin Donbass Donbas | an industrial region in the Ukraine |
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 |
sinkhole sink swallow hole | a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof |
tidal basin | a basin that is full of water at high tide |
sink | (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system, the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide |
basin basinful | the quantity that a basin will hold, a basinful of water |
slump fall off sink | fall heavily or suddenly, decline markedly, The real estate market fell off |
click d get through dawn d come home d get across sink in penetrate fall into place | become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions, It dawned on him that she had betrayed him, she was penetrated with sorrow |
percolate sink in permeate filter | pass through, Water permeates sand easily |
bury sink | embed deeply, She sank her fingers into the soft sand, He buried his head in her lap |
sink subside | descend into or as if into some soft substance or place, He sank into bed, She subsided into the chair |
sink pass lapse | pass into a specified state or condition, He sank into nirvana |
sink drop drop down | fall or descend to a lower place or level, He sank to his knees |
sink | cause to sink, The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor |
slump slide down sink | fall or sink heavily, He slumped onto the couch, My spirits sank |
sink settle go down go under | go under, The raft sank and its occupants drowned |
dip sink | appear to move downward, The sun dipped below the horizon, The setting sun sank below the tree line |