báisín — meaning in English

English meaning

• basin noun A wide, shallow bowl or fixed sink used for washing.
• cockle noun Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.

Senses

báisín is used for these senses in English:

• basin A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.
• cockle Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
• cockle The shell of such a mollusk.

basin — full definition

1. noun A wide, shallow bowl or fixed sink used for washing.
2. noun An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
3. noun A natural or artificial hollow that holds water.

cockle — full definition

1. noun Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
2. noun The shell of such a mollusk.
3. noun A wrinkle, pucker
4. noun A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep

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