Re: Cloakroom

> Note that IML both the thing in the kitchen and the thing in the
> bathroom are called "sinks", and what differences there are between
> them are insufficient to put them in different categories.
Same here. A sink is a bowl (flattish or roundish) made of ceramic, plastic, or
metal set in a counter that has an attached faucet (or two) that points down
and associated plumbing for draining and water temperature.

A basin, however, is just a (rigid) container for holding water without a faucet
attached. However, such usage as anything around a house is utterly odd to me;
I would usually prefer to call it a bucket or a bowl or just a container,
depending on what it exactly was. "Basin" is a geographic term for a big dip in
the ground that water might sometime flood.
--
Keith Bertelsen
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ruimecazei ru, savei ru men fuxen xi cosli ra nuo. men ona ra estelai. - jei ar
ar tolcin
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do all the things one wants to know about." - J. R. R. Tolkien