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# basin

noun (a basin, basins)

«basin» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Meaning — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A round bowl for holding liquid or food, especially for mixing or washing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basin/#m1)
2. A washbasin: a sink in a bathroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basin/#m2)
3. (geography) The area of land drained by a river and its streams: the Amazon basin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basin/#m3)
4. (geography) A bowl-shaped dip in the land or a sheltered area of water, like a harbour basin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basin/#m4)

### In the lessons

In cooking, a pudding basin is a deep bowl. In geography lessons, a river basin includes all the land whose water flows into one river. In everyday life, wash your hands in the basin. Phrases: river basin, washbasin, pudding basin.

### Examples

- Mix the flour and eggs in a large basin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basin/#x1)
- Wash your hands in the basin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basin/#x2)
- The Amazon basin is home to the largest rainforest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basin/#x3)
- Gran steamed the pudding in a basin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basin/#x4)
- The boats were moored in the harbour basin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basin/#x5)
- Fill the basin with warm water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basin/#x6)
- Schacabac saw no boy, nor basin, nor water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basin/#x7)

### Note

Countable. In the US, sink is more common for a bathroom basin. A river basin is also called a drainage basin or catchment.

## In Jewish tradition

A bowl in the tabernacle and Temple used to hold blood from sacrifices. The princes also brought silver basins as gifts.

**Interpretation.** Moses puts half of the blood in basins and dashes half on the altar at the covenant ceremony, which shows blood shared between God and the people.

### Examples

- And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he dashed against the altar. (Torah EXO.24.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/basin/#x1)
- And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the fire-pans; all the vessels thereof made he of brass. (Torah EXO.38.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/basin/#x2)
- This was the dedication-offering of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, at the hands of the princes of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans; (Torah NUM.7.84, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/basin/#x3)
- And he made a hundred basins of gold. (Writings 2CH.4.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/basin/#x4)
- And Hiram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. (Prophets 1KI.7.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/basin/#x5)
- And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. (Writings 2CH.4.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/basin/#x6)

### Note

Countable. In the US, sink is more common for a bathroom basin. A river basin is also called a drainage basin or catchment.

## Meaning

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «basin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«basin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/basin.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «basin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/basin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«basin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/basin.html) on Mova free.