basin

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
noun the quantity that a basin will hold
noun a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it

From Middle English basyn, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”).

“Hold the basin nearer,” exclaimed Charles. — Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
Louisiana, or the basin of the Mississippi River. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
A basin three miles across lay beneath him. — The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories, Unknown

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