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.
basinlike
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a word derived from
basin.
Example Sentences
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They found that roughly around the 6- to 8-week mark, the ilium begins to form and then rotates into its telltale basinlike shape.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 16, 2022
Many of the key human pelvic features, such as its curved, basinlike shape, are already developed by week 29.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 16, 2022
These occur where rocks have been folded down into a basinlike form.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
It has a situation in a basinlike hollow on a plateau some forty-five hundred feet above sea level.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
