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"word": "basin and range topography"
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"word": "model basin"
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"word": "oceanic basin"
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"word": "pudding basin"
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"word": "pudding basin haircut"
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"word": "recharge basin"
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"word": "retarding basin"
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"word": "retention basin"
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"word": "river basin"
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"word": "sedimentary basin"
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"word": "ship model basin"
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"word": "slop-basin"
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"word": "sugar basin"
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"word": "Tarim Basin"
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"word": "wash basin"
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"word": "washbasin"
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"word": "washhand-basin"
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"5": "wide bowl"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English basyn, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”).",
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"word": "Basin in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)"
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"ref": "1923, Willa Cather, One of Ours, Book One, Chapter 1",
"text": "Everybody had washed before going to bed, apparently, and the bowls were ringed with a dark sediment which the hard, alkaline water had not dissolved. Shutting the door on this disorder, he turned back to the kitchen, took Mahailey’s tin basin, doused his face and head in cold water, and began to plaster down his wet hair.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall."
],
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"bowl",
"bowl"
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"washing",
"washing"
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],
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{
"word": "sink"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "bak"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭašt",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "طَشْت"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥōḍ",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "حوض"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "konkʿ",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "կոնք"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "arroa"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "basin"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "umiválnik",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "умива́лник"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "rue",
"lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
"roman": "lavor",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лавор"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pica"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "beseni"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "洗滌槽"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xǐdícáo",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "洗涤槽"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "cop",
"lang": "Coptic",
"roman": "meran",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ⲙⲉⲣⲁⲛ"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "umyvadlo"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bassin"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bassin"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "pelvo"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "lavabo"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "baseno"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "lavujo"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"english": "fixed",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "pesuallas"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"english": "movable",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "pesuvati"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"english": "either",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "allas"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuvette"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bassine"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lavabo"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bacía"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pía"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "auzi",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "აუზი"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Becken"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Waschbecken"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "niptíras",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "νιπτήρας"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "niptḗr",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "νιπτήρ"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "basin"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "basen"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "agán",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אַגָּן"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "baseno"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "wastafel"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "báisín"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lavandino"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lavabo"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bacinella"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lavacro"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lavello"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"alt": "たらい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tarai",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "盥"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼaang liəng sɑmʼaat",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "អាងលាងសំអាត"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daeya",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "대야"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "miska",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "миска"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tabak",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "табак"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tepşi",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "тепши"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "basseyn",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "бассейн"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "rakovina",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "раковина"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kölmö",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "көлмө"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "rezervuar",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "резервуар"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "vanna",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "ванна"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "taz",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "таз"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "dagara",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "дагара"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ilegen",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "илеген"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "cılapcın",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "чылапчын"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kudukca",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "кудукча"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kuduk",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "кудук"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kyuveta",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "кювета"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kotlovina",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "котловина"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alveus"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lābrum"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pelvis"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bļoda"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "ekarai"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "ebeseni"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mijalnik",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мијалник"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lavabó",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "лавабо́"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "besen"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "peihana"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "mer",
"lang": "Meru",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "karai"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "basyn"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bachîn"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "servant"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vaskekum"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balje"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ċēac"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kurna",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "قورنه"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "lagan",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "لگن"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tašt",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "تشت"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "lânjin",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "لانجین"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "umywalka"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bacia"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pia"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chiuvetă"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "taz",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "таз"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "ru",
"english": "washbasin",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umyválʹnik",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "умыва́льник"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 2 4 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pía"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "auzi",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "აუზი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Becken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Waschbecken"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "niptíras",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "νιπτήρας"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "niptḗr",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "νιπτήρ"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "basin"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "basen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "agán",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אַגָּן"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "baseno"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "wastafel"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "báisín"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lavandino"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lavabo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bacinella"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lavacro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lavello"
},
{
"alt": "たらい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tarai",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "盥"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼaang liəng sɑmʼaat",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "អាងលាងសំអាត"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daeya",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "대야"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "miska",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "миска"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tabak",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "табак"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "miska",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "миска"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tepşi",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "тепши"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "basseyn",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "бассейн"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "rakovina",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "раковина"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kölmö",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "көлмө"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "rezervuar",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "резервуар"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "vanna",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "ванна"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "taz",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "таз"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "dagara",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "дагара"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ilegen",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "илеген"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "cılapcın",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "чылапчын"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kudukca",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "кудукча"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kuduk",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "кудук"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kyuveta",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "кювета"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kotlovina",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "котловина"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alveus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lābrum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pelvis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bļoda"
},
{
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "ekarai"
},
{
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "ebeseni"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mijalnik",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мијалник"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lavabó",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "лавабо́"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "besen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "peihana"
},
{
"code": "mer",
"lang": "Meru",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "karai"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "basyn"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bachîn"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "servant"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vaskekum"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balje"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ċēac"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kurna",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "قورنه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "lagan",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "لگن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tašt",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "تشت"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "lânjin",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "لانجین"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "umywalka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bacia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chiuvetă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "taz",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "таз"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "washbasin",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umyválʹnik",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "умыва́льник"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amar"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "tabak",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "табак"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pileta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lavabo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lavamanos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jofaina"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palangana"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "karai"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "beseni"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tvättfat"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "handfat"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "palanggana"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "lababo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "àang-láang-nâa",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "อ่างล้างหน้า"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "àang",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "อ่าง"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "dis"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "plet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "tekne"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "leğen"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "legen"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "spl",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "𐎒𐎔𐎍"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "taz",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "таз"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"word": "cái chảo"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "bit",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ביט"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "bekn",
"sense": "wide bowl for washing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בעקן"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "shallow bowl for a single serving",
"word": "kulho"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "shallow bowl for a single serving",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schüssel"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "agán",
"sense": "shallow bowl for a single serving",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אַגָּן"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "shallow bowl for a single serving",
"word": "kāraha"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "depression containing water",
"word": "allas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "artificial",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "depression containing water",
"word": "tekoallas"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "depression containing water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pía"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "depression containing water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bacía"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "agán",
"sense": "depression containing water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אַגָּן"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "avazan",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "ավազան"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "hövzə"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "arro"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diazad"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "baséjn",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "басе́йн"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "conca"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "liúyù",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "流域"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "basseyn"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "havza"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "povodí"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "afvandingsområde"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stroomgebied"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bekken"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "baseno"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "valgla"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "valgala"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "allas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "valuma-alue"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bassin"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bacía"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Einzugsgebiet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Einzugsbecken"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lekáni aporroḯs",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λεκάνη απορροής"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "agán",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אַגָּן"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vatnasvið"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "baseno"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "cekungan"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "of canal",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "duga"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bacino"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "conca"
},
{
"alt": "ぼんち",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bonchi",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "盆地"
},
{
"alt": "りゅういき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ryūiki",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "流域"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qazanşūñqyr",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "қазаншұңқыр"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baseins"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sliv",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "слив"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "lembangan"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "riu"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nedbørfelt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nedslagsfelt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
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"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "basséjn",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бассе́йн"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rezervuár",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "резервуа́р"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
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"word": "amar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "cuenca"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
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"word": "avrinningsområde"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"word": "havza"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "baséjn",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "басе́йн"
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{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
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"plural"
],
"word": "vås"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "area of land that drains into a common outlet",
"tags": [
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"word": "bassén"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "rock formation scooped out by water erosion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "conca"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rock formation scooped out by water erosion",
"word": "allas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "rock formation scooped out by water erosion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bassin"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "rock formation scooped out by water erosion",
"word": "medence"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "rock formation scooped out by water erosion",
"word": "baseno"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "rock formation scooped out by water erosion",
"word": "cekungan"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "rock formation scooped out by water erosion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imchuach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "rock formation scooped out by water erosion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "conca"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "irie",
"sense": "rock formation scooped out by water erosion",
"word": "入り江"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "basséjn",
"sense": "rock formation scooped out by water erosion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бассе́йн"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kotlován",
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"tags": [
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"word": "котлова́н"
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"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "резервуа́р"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "vodojóm",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "водоём"
},
{
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "rock formation scooped out by water erosion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "amar"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "rock formation scooped out by water erosion",
"word": "koy"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "baséjn",
"sense": "rock formation scooped out by water erosion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "басе́йн"
}
],
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"ref": "1925 June, Reginald A. Daly, “The Geology of Ascension Island”, in Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, volume 60, number 1",
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"ref": "2003, The Numismatist - Volume 116, Issues 7-12, page 21",
"text": "Basining is the process that gives the faces of the dies their radius, or concavity. Depending on the production method, the planchet metal flows either toward or away from the center of the dies. The minting facilities \"basined\" the dies after they were delivered from the Philadelphia Mint's Engraving Department.",
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"ref": "2013, Johannes Herman Frederik Umbgrove, Symphony of the Earth, page 47",
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"ref": "1976, Günther Kunkel, Monographiae Biologicae - Volume 30, page 77",
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"ref": "1992, John H. Bush, W. Patrick Seward, Geologic field guide to the Columbia River, page 9",
"text": "The eastward pinching and thinning were caused by the rapid basining of the plateau over the Pasco-Richland area in south-central Washington.",
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"ref": "2009, Richard K. Talbot, Lane D. Richens, Shifting Sands: The Archaeology of Sand Hollow, page 90",
"text": "Walls basined at a ca. 45° angle on the southwest side, but on the west and north there was little basining, with the floor sloping gently up to the original ground surface.",
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"ref": "2012, E. Hansen, Strain Facies, page 133",
"text": "Deformation of the rocks involved in anticline formation increased as deformation of the rocks involved in basining decreased, and the less intense structures of the norfold facies developed in both regions.",
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"ref": "1888, Henry Stuart Russell, The Genesis of Queensland",
"text": "A moan as of distant wind or thunder portended something at hand, the approach of which, basinned as we were among high broken ridges, patchy-scrubbed heights, and penned in by a maze of steep-sided gullies or gorges — we had no chance of observing, until it cam down in hurricane strength.",
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"ref": "1920, Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 16",
"text": "A row of trees was basined in the latter part of April, and by the latter part of July, a little over three months, there was a remarkable improvement in the appearance of the basined row compared with the check trees.",
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"ref": "1957, Quest - Volumes 13-19, page 28",
"text": "Caesar's subjects bathed in Caesar's blood basinned in the purple pool of Calpurnia's dream; my sister slept in an ogre's thought and woke up on the hook of a cannibal finger.",
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"ref": "2007, The Legal Studies Forum - Volume 31, page 1103",
"text": "They took a narrow path through the snow, up the hill which basined the village, and on to a plateau, a stretch of sparsely treed land.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2012, Charles King, An Apache Princess: A Tale of the Indian Frontier, page 173",
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