slop-basin
English
noun
Definitions
- (dated) A container used for urinating or defecating when it is impossible or inconvenient to go to a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences, particularly those without an indoor toilet or bathroom.
- (British) A bowl for receiving the leavings of tea or coffee cups at table
Etymology
Compound from English slop (puddle) + English basin.
Origin
English
basin
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- basin English
- basinal English
- basined English
- basinful English
- basinless English
- basinlike English
- basinward English
- basinwide English
- handbasin English
- interbasin English
- macrobasin English
- metabasin English
- palaeobasin English
- paleobasin English
- slipslop English
- slop English
- slop shoot English
- slop shop English
- slop-bowl English
- sloppy English
- slopseller English
- slopwork English
- subbasin English
- washbasin English
- basin Middle English
- slop Middle English
- beseni Swahili
- ubheseni Zulu
- beseni Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja