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adj. - Enclosed in sheltered area along a shore, often partly man-made or dredged to a greater depth, where boats may be moored

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  • Noun : We need another basin of water to dilute the mixture. ,a yacht basin. ,river basin
  • In the middle was the caldron of the torrent, called the “Scarfe,” with the sheer trap-rock, which is green in the sunlight, like black night flung around it, while a snowy...
  • It's a ample cylinder-shaped conduit basined with a bill attracter.
  • In its slow movement the neve field broadly scours its bed to a flat or basined floor.
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