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Decorative basin
Answer for the clue "Decorative basin ", 6 letters:
lavabo
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n. A washbasin, especially one attached to the wall of a church, and used for the ceremonial washing of the hands of the celebrant before the eucharist
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n. a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression) [syn: washbasin , handbasin , washbowl , wash-hand basin ] [also: lavaboes (pl)]
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
A lavabo is a device used to provide water for the washing of hands. It consists normally of an ewer or container of some kind to pour water, and a bowl to catch the water as it falls off the hands. In ecclesiastical usage it refers to all of: the basin ...
Usage examples of lavabo.
The two pages serving at the altar were a little stiff, as was normal when adjusting to the preferences of a new priest, but the Mass proceeded with acceptable decorum and only one minor fumble when the younger page nearly dropped the great silver lavabo bowl.
To give her hands something to do, she found a lavabo and washed herself.
The latch that opened the concealed passageway was in the curtain wall next to the necessarium, beneath a stone shelf holding a lavabo, a crock of scented softsoap, and fine linen handtowels.
He pulled his hand back and held them both over the jeweled lavabo as the servant poured warm, scented wash water over his hands.
I got the hell out of there and went off to my room, my luxuriously appointed room with the singing, vibrating bed and custom-built lavabo and tried to compose a message which would convey beautifully and inarguably why the Entourage had to leave as soon as they could pack themselves up.
Pond fussed out and she heard the door of the little lavabo in the passage open with a loud creak.
Lei si aggrappò allo scintillio del suo ricordo e si chinò sul lavabo per gettarsi acqua fredda in faccia.