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tidal basin
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tidal basin
n.
A body of water in an area subject to tides whose water level is maintained at a desired level by artificial means.

tidal basin
n
a basin for vessels that is filled at high tide

tidal basin
An area that holds water during high tide, especially a body of water in an area subject to tides whose water level is maintained at a desired level by artificial means.
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Noun1.tidal basin - a basin that is full of water at high tidetidal basin - a basin that is full of water at high tide
basin - a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"


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