A vessel for washing.

A vessel, basin, or cistern for washing; in early use, chiefly a wash-hand-basin or a water-jug, usually of metal; occasionally a pan or bowl for…

†(a) a wash-hand basin; (b) a pan or tub for washing clothes, etc. (obsolete exc. local); cf. wash-bowl, n.

A vessel for washing one's hands. Obsolete exc. figurative in allusion to Psalm lx. 8.

Applied to various large vessels for water or liquor. A vessel for washing or soaking in; a laver. Obsolete.

A bath or font; esp. in figurative phrases descriptive of baptism, e.g. lavacre of regeneration, lavacre of salvation, after Tit. iii. 5 Vulgate lav…

A washing trough or fountain of a type provided in some medieval monasteries for the monks to wash at, typically consisting of a permanent stone…

A wash-hand basin of brass or tinned copper.

Intended for use in washing the hands. Only in certain combinations (sometimes hyphenated or written… wash-hand basin, a basin for washing the hands.

A wash-hand basin. U.S.

A wash-hand basin.

A wash-hand basin.

a set of ceramic articles for use in a bedroom, typically including a pitcher, chamber pot, and washbasin.

(a) a bowl used for washing, esp. one forming part of an arrangement for washing in a person's bedroom; a washbasin (now rare); (b) the part of a…

a metal wash bowl; a pan for washing ore.

(a) = lavatory bowl, n. 1; (b) = lavatory bowl, n. 2.

a sink for washing oneself.

A washbasin; esp. a bowl or basin fixed to the wall or mounted on a pedestal or counter, having a water supply and a drain; a sink, typically in a…

A trough used for washing the hands and face.

a washbasin supported by a columnar stand.

= pedestal basin n.

a washbasin for a vanity unit.

wash-hand basin.