bekken

Definitions of bekken
  1. noun
    a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
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    baptisterium, doopkapel, doopvont, vont
    bowl for baptismal water
    bidet, billebadje
    a basin for washing genitals and anal area
    stoop, wijwaterbakje
    basin for holy water
    lampetkom, lavabo
    a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression)
    type of:
    vaatje, vat
    an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
  2. noun
    an opening deliberately made in or through something
    synonyms: gaatje, gat, hol, holte
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    armsgat, mouwgat
    a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached
    knoopsgat
    a hole through which buttons are pushed
    cup
    the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green
    blik
    a small hole or loop (as in a needle)
    kijkglas
    a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
    sleutelgat
    the hole where a key is inserted
    evasie, flous, uitvlucht
    a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons
    keldergat
    a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure
    deurspion
    a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
    perforatie, perforatielijn
    a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place
    klankgat
    a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones
    uitlaatklep
    a hole for the escape of gas or air
    speldenprik, speldeprik
    a small puncture that might have been made by a pin
    rookgat, schoorsteengat
    a vent (as in a roof) for smoke to escape
    type of:
    gaatje, gat, opening
    a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
  3. noun
    a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ
    synonyms: holte, tussenruimte
  4. noun
    a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
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    ketel, keteldal
    a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
    zoutpan
    a shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt lake
    type of:
    bluts, buts, deuk, kom, laagte
    a sunken or depressed geological formation
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