basin

noun (a basin, basins)

«basin» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Meaning — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A round bowl for holding liquid or food, especially for mixing or washing. tree →
A washbasin: a sink in a bathroom. tree →
(geography) The area of land drained by a river and its streams: the Amazon basin. tree →
(geography) A bowl-shaped dip in the land or a sheltered area of water, like a harbour basin. tree →

In the lessons

In cooking, a pudding basin is a deep bowl. In geography lessons, a river basin includes all the land whose water flows into one river. In everyday life, wash your hands in the basin. Phrases: river basin, washbasin, pudding basin.

Examples

Mix the flour and eggs in a large basin. tree →
Wash your hands in the basin. tree →
The Amazon basin is home to the largest rainforest. tree →
Gran steamed the pudding in a basin. tree →
The boats were moored in the harbour basin. tree →
Fill the basin with warm water. tree →
Schacabac saw no boy, nor basin, nor water. tree →

Note

Countable. In the US, sink is more common for a bathroom basin. A river basin is also called a drainage basin or catchment.

In Jewish tradition

A bowl in the tabernacle and Temple used to hold blood from sacrifices. The princes also brought silver basins as gifts.

Interpretation. Moses puts half of the blood in basins and dashes half on the altar at the covenant ceremony, which shows blood shared between God and the people.

Examples

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he dashed against the altar. (Torah EXO.24.6, JPS 1917) tree →
And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the fire-pans; all the vessels thereof made he of brass. (Torah EXO.38.3, JPS 1917) tree →
This was the dedication-offering of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, at the hands of the princes of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans; (Torah NUM.7.84, JPS 1917) tree →
And he made a hundred basins of gold. (Writings 2CH.4.8, JPS 1917) tree →
And Hiram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. (Prophets 1KI.7.40, JPS 1917) tree →
And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. (Writings 2CH.4.11, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable. In the US, sink is more common for a bathroom basin. A river basin is also called a drainage basin or catchment.

Meaning

On Mova

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Trees and pragmatics of «basin» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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