handbasin
- noun
- /ˈhændˌbeɪsən/
- UK
:
lavabo
- She filled the handbasin with warm water to wash her face.
Examples
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The plumber installed a new handbasin in the bathroom for better functionality.
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After washing my hands, I dried them on a towel hanging next to the handbasin.
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She could go back to the bathroom and clean herself with a wet towel, just standing by the handbasin.
Fiction book (1993) -
I wasn't accustomed to this sort of opulence; there was even a small TV monitor on the marble bench near the handbasin.
Fiction book (1997) -
It fell off the wall into the handbasin and cracked the porcelain of the handbasin before sending large shards of glass from its shattered glass doors onto the bathroom floor.
Fiction book (1998) -
It fell off the wall into the handbasin and cracked the porcelain of the handbasin before sending large shards of glass from its shattered glass doors onto the bathroom floor.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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1.0
A fixed bowl in a bathroom connected to water and a drain for washing hands and face
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2.4
A fixed bowl in a bathroom used for washing hands and face
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2.4
A bowl or basin for cleaning hands and face
A bowl fixed to a wall or on a stand where people clean their hands and face
A basin in a church used for washing hands before a service
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Handbasin starts with hand and ends with basin, which simply means 'a basin for washing hands'. That's why a handbasin is the small basin fixed to a wall or set into a surface where you wash your hands.