<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>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.</li><li>any container of similar shape, as the pan of a balance.</li><li>the quantity held by such a container: We need another basin of water to dilute the mixture.</li><li>a natural or artificial hollow place containing water.</li><li>a partially enclosed, sheltered area along a shore, often partly man-made or dredged to a greater depth, where boats may be moored: a yacht basin.</li><li>Geology. an area in which the strata dip from the margins toward a common center.</li><li>Physical Geography. a hollow or depression in the earth's surface, wholly or partly surrounded by higher land: river basin.</li><li>drainage basin.</li><li>Botany. the depression in an apple, pear, or other pome at the end opposite the stem.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>