Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "basin" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Amazon Basin Badwater Basin Chad Basin Foxe basin Judith Basin County Mediterranean basin Tarim Basin The Basin basin and range topography basin cut basin of attraction basinal basinful basinless basinlike basinward basinwide canal basin catch-basin catchment basin debris basin detention basin drainage basin handbasin infiltration basin interbasin intrabasin macrobasin metabasin model basin multibasin oceanic basin palaeobasin paleobasin pudding basin pudding basin haircut pudding-basin receiving basin recharge basin retarding basin retention basin river basin sedimentary basin ship model basin slop-basin subbasin sugar basin tidal basin washbasin washhand-basin

Has Part

water

Context

geography

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

containerful depression geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region natural depression sink vessel

Type Of (IsA)

concave thing containerful natural depression vessel walled cavity

Related Terms

Basin in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Related Terms

area big horn county bowl county seat depression drain drainage basin erosion formation montana outlet pot scoop serving sink tub washing water wyoming

Synonym Network

catchment area sink tub washbasin

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.