basin
noun
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
basined
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a word derived from
basin.
Example Sentences
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Well back under this natural shelter, basined in the hollowed rock, a blessed pool of fair water lay unwrinkled by even a flutter of breeze.
From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Frederic Remington
In many cases lakes are due to more than one cause, as where preglacial valleys have both been basined by the ice and blockaded by its moraines.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
Their characteristic form is that of a long, deep, narrow bay with steep rock walls and basined floor.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
In its slow movement the neve field broadly scours its bed to a flat or basined floor.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
Their floors are often basined and hold lakelets whose deep and quiet waters reflect the sheltering ramparts of rugged rock which tower far above them.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
