bassin

Definitions of bassin
  1. noun
    pool that provides a facility for swimming
    synonyms: piscine
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    facilité athlétique
    a facility for athletic events
  2. noun
    a shallow pool for children
    synonyms: piscine
  3. noun
    a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
    synonyms: baquet
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    récipient
    an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
  4. noun
    a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
    synonyms: pelvis
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    cavité
    (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
  5. noun
    the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
    synonyms: hanche
  6. noun
    landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
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    cale de radoub, cale sèche
    a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline
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    débarcadère
    structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods
  7. noun
    a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
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    bosse, dépression, enfoncement
    a sunken or depressed geological formation
  8. noun
    an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
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    citerne, réservoir
    an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater
    piscine
    pool that provides a facility for swimming
    piscine
    a shallow pool for children
    amas de fumier, fosse d'aisances, fosse à fumier
    a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
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    fissure, trou
    a hole in the ground made by excavating
  9. noun
    large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
    synonyms: os iliaque
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    os
    rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
  10. noun
    the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet
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    aire géographique, région géographique
    a demarcated area of the Earth
  11. noun
    a shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination
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    récipient
    an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
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