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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A large basin or bowl in which to wash the hands and face.

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Examples

  • Then, I fill my armitage shanks enamel wash-basin with hot water, and wash my face with water-activated Safeway honey-almond soap.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • Everything was in order and place, from my shaving outfit in the drawer beside the wash-basin, and my sea-boots and oilskins hung ready to hand, to my writing materials on the desk, before which a swing arm-chair, leather-upholstered and screwed solidly to the floor, invited me.

    CHAPTER VI 2010

  • One wash-basin to share between two men. there is a boiler in the washroom and a big tub for hot baths was promised.

    Work Camp Klein Kirchheim 2010

  • Under the circumstances, with my wife and babies and a couple of lodgers suffering from the too great spaciousness of one room, taking a bath in a tin wash-basin would be an unfeasible undertaking.

    MY LODGING AND SOME OTHERS 2010

  • Here is what Ekateryna stated about this design: The idea is that the wash-basin is manufactured from sheet material, corian or metal.

    Fresh Washbasin by Ekateryna Sokolova 2010

  • There was a small wash-basin with running water, a small radiator, and a large painted tallboy for his clothes.

    In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

  • Rubashov walked up and down in the cell, from the door to the window and back, between bunk, wash-basin and bucket, six and a half steps there, six and a half steps back.

    Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010

  • He washed face, arms and chest in cold water over the wash-basin, rinsed his mouth and dried himself with his handkerchief.

    Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010

  • The set-up still didn't always wake him up, so he had a second Big Ben, on top of a second metal wash-basin, across the room, set up to go off a few minutes later.

    Making Light: Making light under difficult conditions 2010

  • When my brother Dave, a notoriously hard-to-wake sleeper, was in the Navy, he would set up a Big Ben on top of an upside down metal wash-basin next to the bed.

    Making Light: Making light under difficult conditions 2010

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